More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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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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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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