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Facts in category: Vehicles
| When airplanes were still a novel invention, seat belts for pilots were installed only after the consequence of their absence was observed to be fatal - several pilots fell to their deaths while flying upside down. |
| No automobile made after 1924 should be designated as antique. |
| If you drive a VW into water, with one person it floats; two people it sinks. |
| Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry. |
| During World War II, a German U-boat was sunk by a truck. The U-boat in question attacked a convoy in the Atlantic and then rose to see the effect. The merchant ship it sank had material strapped to its deck including a fleet of trucks, one of which was thrown in the air by the explosion, landing on the U-boat and breaking its back. |
| A German World War II submarine was sunk due to malfunction of the toilet. |
| SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below |
| The new 787 Boeing was revealed on July 8th, 07. |
| A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. |
| The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. |
| Most Americans' car horns beep in the key of F. |
| Almost a quarter of the land area of Los Angeles is taken up by automobiles. |
| A jumbo jet uses 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off. |
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