Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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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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UFO sightings have reduced by over 80% since the introduction of smartphones and public access to HD video.
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