About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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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
Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
75
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
27
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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