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    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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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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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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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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    The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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