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- 11. A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.View Comments (1) Post a CommentFurther Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 02. A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 03. A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 34. A small airplane can fly backwards.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 05. A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 06. About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 07. An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 08. Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 09. Attics were invented in Attica.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 010. Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 011. Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 012. Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 013. Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 014. First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 015. Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 016. If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 917. In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 018. In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 219. It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 020. It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 021. Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 022. Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 023. More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 024. Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 225. Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 026. Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 027. The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 028. The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 129. The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 030. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 031. The electric chair was invented by a dentist!Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 132. The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 033. The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 034. The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 035. The life boat was patented in 1845!Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 036. The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 037. The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 038. The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 039. The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact - 140. There are only 14 blimps in the world.Further Details:Date Added: 2009-04-30 09:51:08
Type: Technology Fact
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