To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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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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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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