About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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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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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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