To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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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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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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