About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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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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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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