The life boat was patented in 1845!
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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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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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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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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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.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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