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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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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