The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
210
More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
55
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).
1
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.
25
UFO sightings have reduced by over 80% since the introduction of smartphones and public access to HD video.
2
It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
20
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
120
Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
34