It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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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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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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