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
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
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
210
Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
-5
Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
43
Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
46
Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
184