A small airplane can fly backwards.
75
A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
16
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.
10
Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
34
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
120
The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
308
There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
7