A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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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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