An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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