A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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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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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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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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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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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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