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.
2
Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
70
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
88
Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
184
More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
20
It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
93
The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
13