If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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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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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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