Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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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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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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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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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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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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