A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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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 toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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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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