In 1989, a British company made a laptop with a graphical user interface, a 60 hour battery life, SSD storage, and a touchpad.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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In Georgia, there is an airtight room called the Crypt of Civilization that was sealed in 1940. It contains numerous artefacts documenting what life was like at the time of sealing, and is scheduled to be opened in the year 8113 to show people of the future exactly what life was like.
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The Beatles wrote into their contracts for American concerts that they would not play in front of segregated audiences.
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In Japan, watermelons are grown into the shape of a square so they are easier to stack and transport.
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