More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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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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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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