Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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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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Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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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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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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