A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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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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Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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