Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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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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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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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 life boat was patented in 1845!
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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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