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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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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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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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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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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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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