Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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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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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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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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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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