The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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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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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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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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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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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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