The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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Mico headphones read your brainwaves and select music based on your state of mind.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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