More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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