A small airplane can fly backwards.
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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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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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