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 life boat was patented in 1845!
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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