The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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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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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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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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