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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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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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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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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