Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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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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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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