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    The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    Hitachi's ATM that Sterilizes and Irons Bills
    In the mid-90s, Hitachi produced an ATM that sterilized bills by heating them to 200 degrees Celsius, then ironed them before dispensing.
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    The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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    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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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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