A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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