Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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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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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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