Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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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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