A small airplane can fly backwards.
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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.
2
Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
19
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).
1
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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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
55
The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
13