Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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