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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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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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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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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