Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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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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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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