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
First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
47
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
120
Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
46
Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
17
More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
55
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
210
It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
93