Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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