Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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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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