The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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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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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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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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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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