More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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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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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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