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.
2
Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
13
There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
16
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.
25
The life boat was patented in 1845!
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