Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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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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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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