The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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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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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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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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Mico headphones read your brainwaves and select music based on your state of mind.
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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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