An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
12
The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
36
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
Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
80
Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
56
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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