The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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