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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The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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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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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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