Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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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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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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