Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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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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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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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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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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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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