The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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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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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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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 United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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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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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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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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