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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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    The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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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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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    Hitachi's ATM that Sterilizes and Irons Bills
    In the mid-90s, Hitachi produced an ATM that sterilized bills by heating them to 200 degrees Celsius, then ironed them before dispensing.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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