The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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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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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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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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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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