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.
25
Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
80
An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
12
A small airplane can fly backwards.
75
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
120
The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
13
First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
47