First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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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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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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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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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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