A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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