Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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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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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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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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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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