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    The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    Hitachi's ATM that Sterilizes and Irons Bills
    In the mid-90s, Hitachi produced an ATM that sterilized bills by heating them to 200 degrees Celsius, then ironed them before dispensing.
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    There's a Mumbai-based pizzeria that now delivers pizza by drone.
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    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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    Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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    Game Boy Uses More Computing Power Than First Lunar Mission
    The technology of a single Game Boy exceeds all the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969.
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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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