It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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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).
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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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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