There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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