More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
-25
There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
7
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
120
The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
24
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.
2
Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
250
A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
33
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.
25