The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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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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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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