Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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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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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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