The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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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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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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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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