The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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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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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 average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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