The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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