Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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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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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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