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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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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The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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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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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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