It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
20
Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
-5
It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
93
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
A small airplane can fly backwards.
75
In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
24
An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
12