About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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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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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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