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 Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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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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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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