The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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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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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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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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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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