More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
43
Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
184
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
210
Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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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).
1
Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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