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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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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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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