A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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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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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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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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