The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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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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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
7
There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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