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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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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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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