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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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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