Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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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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Attics were invented in Attica.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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