The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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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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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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