Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
34
The life boat was patented in 1845!
29
If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
25
There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
7
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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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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