Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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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 blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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