A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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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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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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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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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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