Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
55
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
34
Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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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.
2
First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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