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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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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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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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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