The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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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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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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