The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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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.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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