It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
20
A small airplane can fly backwards.
75
Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
56
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.
2
Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
70
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.
0
It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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