First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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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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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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