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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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    Hitachi's ATM that Sterilizes and Irons Bills
    In the mid-90s, Hitachi produced an ATM that sterilized bills by heating them to 200 degrees Celsius, then ironed them before dispensing.
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    The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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    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.
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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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