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, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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