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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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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