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    A small airplane can fly backwards.
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    The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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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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    SnapChat
    SnapChat
    SnapChat was originally intended to be an app for sending nude pictures and was called 'Picaboo'.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    Wind Turbine Trees
    Wind Turbine Trees
    After noticing the wind rustling and turning the leaves on trees, French entrepreneur Jérôme Michaud-Larivière designed wind turbine trees that could provide clean energy for urban settings.
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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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