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| The brain of an average adult male weighs 1,375 gm (55 oz). The brain of Russian novelist Turgenev weighed 2021 gm (81 oz), Bismark's weighed 1807 gm (72 oz), while that of French statesman Gambetta was only 1294 gm (51 oz). Einstein's brain was of average size. |
| The Chinese used silk to make their paper. |
| "Book" comes from the word liber. Liber is a Latin name that the Romans used for the thin layer of stuff that is found between the wood and bark of a tree. The Romans used to peel the layer away from the tree and use it as paper to write on. |
| The smallest book in the world is called Chemin de la Cruix. It has 119 pages. It is 2 inches high and 1 1/3 inches wide. The largest book in the world is an atlas which is in the British Museum. It is 5 feet 10 inches high and 3 feet by 6 inches wide. |
| The Chinese made the first wheelbarrow |
| The Sumerians invented writing. |
| The Sumerians, who lived in the Middle East, invented the wheel in about 3450 BC. |
| In India the number of motorized vehicles have increased from 0.2 million in 1947 to 36.3 million in 1997. |
| The major air-polluting industries are iron, steel and, cement. |
| The first steam powered train was invented by Robert Stephenson. It was called the Rocket. |
| Gottlieb Daimler built the world's first taxi in 1897. It was called the Daimler Victoria and had a taxi meter. On 16 June of that year the taxi was delivered to Stuttgart transportation entrepreneur Friedrich Greiner who used it to start the world's first motorized taxi company. |
| The first pick-up truck in the world was made by Gottlieb Daimler in 1886. Gottlieb produced the world's first motorcycle in 1885. |
| Karl Benz invented the first gas powered car. The car had only three wheels. The first car with four wheels was made in France in 1901 by Panhard et LeVassor. |
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