It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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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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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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