A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
25
The life boat was patented in 1845!
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The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
36
It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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