Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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