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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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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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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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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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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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