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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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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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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