Attics were invented in Attica.
43
Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
80
It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
20
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
120
The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
13
Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
56
All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
2
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.
25