Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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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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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.
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Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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