The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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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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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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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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The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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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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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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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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