Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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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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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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