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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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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Mico headphones read your brainwaves and select music based on your state of mind.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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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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