A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
27
All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
2
The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
46
The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
36
Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
144
Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
28
Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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