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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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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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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Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
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It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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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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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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