An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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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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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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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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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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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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