A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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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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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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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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