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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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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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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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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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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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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