First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
47
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
210
Attics were invented in Attica.
43
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.
2
More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
55
The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
18
Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
46