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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About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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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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There's a Mumbai-based pizzeria that now delivers pizza by drone.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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