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Velcro was invented by Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral who was inspired by the way burrs attached to clothing while taking a walk in the woods in 1941.
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According to an old English system of time units, a moment is one and a half minutes.
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North Dakota is the only state never to have experienced an earthquake.
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Cars were first made with ignition keys in 1949.
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Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.
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There is enough fuel in a full tank of a Jumbo Jet to drive an average car four times around the world.
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A Boeing 707 uses four thousand gallons of fuel in its take-off climb.
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An ostrich's eye is bigger that its brain.
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Cars were first made with ignition keys in 1949.
My dad restored a 1940 Chevy Deluxe for a friend and it has an ignition key. It only has one door lock cylinder and it's on the passenger's side.
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Amazing 224 pages of cool info. Thanks Lee. I had to show my mom the beautiful pictures yesterday
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