About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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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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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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