A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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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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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).
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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