The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
120
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.
25
A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
33
The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
2
The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
23
Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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