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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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    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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    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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    Hitachi's ATM that Sterilizes and Irons Bills
    In the mid-90s, Hitachi produced an ATM that sterilized bills by heating them to 200 degrees Celsius, then ironed them before dispensing.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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