In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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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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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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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 first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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