Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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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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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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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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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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