The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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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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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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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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