Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
29
Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
34
All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
2
A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
33
The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
46
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
88
Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
80