Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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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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There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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