About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
14
The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
41
A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
27
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
210
Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
144
Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
33
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.
2
Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
9