About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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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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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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