Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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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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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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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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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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