All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
7
Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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