An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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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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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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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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