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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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    The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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    Game Boy Inventor
    Game Boy Inventor
    The inventor of the Game Boy, Gunpei Yokoi, was originally Nintendo’s janitor and maintenance man.
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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    The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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    Game Boy Uses More Computing Power Than First Lunar Mission
    The technology of a single Game Boy exceeds all the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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