A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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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.
12
A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
33
There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
10
The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
120
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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