To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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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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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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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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