Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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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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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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