The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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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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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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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.
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It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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