A small airplane can fly backwards.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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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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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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