To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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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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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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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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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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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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