A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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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.
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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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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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