The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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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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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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