Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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