Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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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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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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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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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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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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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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