Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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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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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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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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