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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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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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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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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