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Technology Facts

Featuring Interesting Technology Facts, Funny Technology Facts, and more Technology Fun Facts.

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  • 4 1. A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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  • 0 2. A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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  • 0 3. A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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  • 11 4. A small airplane can fly backwards.
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  • 0 5. A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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  • 0 6. About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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  • 1 7. An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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  • 0 8. Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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  • 1 9. Attics were invented in Attica.
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  • 3 10. Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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  • 0 11. Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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  • 0 12. Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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  • 0 13. Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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  • 0 14. First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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  • 0 15. Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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  • 0 16. 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.
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  • 11 17. In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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  • 1 18. In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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  • 2 19. It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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  • 0 20. It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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  • 0 21. Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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  • 0 22. Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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  • 0 23. More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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  • 1 24. Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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  • 2 25. Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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  • 1 26. Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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  • 0 27. The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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  • 0 28. The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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  • 2 29. The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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  • 0 30. The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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  • 0 31. The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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  • 2 32. The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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  • 0 33. The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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  • 0 34. The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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  • 0 35. The life boat was patented in 1845!
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  • 0 36. The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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  • 0 37. The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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  • 0 38. The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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  • 0 39. The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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  • 6 40. There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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