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 first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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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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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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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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