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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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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