The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
20
Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
184
The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
46
Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
80
To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
308
A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
33
A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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