The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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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.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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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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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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