The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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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.
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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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