Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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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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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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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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