Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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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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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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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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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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