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Back in 1919, the Russian transplant pioneer Serge Voronoff made headlines by grafting monkey testicles onto human males.

The largest diamond that was ever found was 3106 carats.
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A Chinese Scientist discovered that the Earth is round during the Han Dynasty by measuring the sun and moon's path in the sky. He recorded this fact down in the imperial records but went unnoticed until it was unearthed recently but Chinese archaeologists.

A cesium atom in an atomic clock that beats over nine billion times a second.
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A cubic yard of air weighs about 2 pounds at sea level.

A galactic year is 250 million Earth-years. This is the time it takes for our solar system to make one revolution around the Milky Way Galaxy.

A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Thus the saying, I will be there in a jiffy.

A meteor has only destroyed one satellite, which was the European Space Agency's Olympus in 1993.

African Baobab tree's circumference can reach 180 feet. If the trunk is hollow, 20 people would be able to fit inside of it.

At lift off, US space shuttles weight about 4.5 million pounds.

Australia has had stamps that actually look like gems. In 1995 and 1996 they used a special technology to make the stamps look like diamonds and opals.

Automobile building is the largest manufacturing industry in the world.

Bamboo plants can grow up to 36 inches in a day.

Before air conditioning was invented, white cotton slipcovers were put on furniture to keep the air cool.

By weight, the sun is 70% hydrogen, 28% helium, 1.5% carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen, and 0.5% all other elements.


AUTOMOBILES :
All of Chrysler's PT Cruisers are built in Mexico.

Every year, 50,000,000 automobiles are produced in the world.

If all the cars from the U.S. were taken and lined up from bumper to bumper, there would be enough cars to go to the moon from earth and back.

In 2002, the most popular car color in North America was silver.

In Haiti, only 1 out of every 200 people own a car. This is ironic considering approximately 33% of the country's budget on import is spent on equipment for fuel and transportation.

In an average lifetime, a person will spend 4 years travelling in an automobile and six months waiting at a red light.

In the United States, approximately 135 million cars travel every day on the streets, roads, and interstates.

Keeping your car tuned up is a good way to save on gas. A car that is tuned up is 9% more efficient on gasoline.
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The first automobile racetrack in America was the 'Indianapolis Motor Speedway,' which had 3 million cobblestones.

The monogram "RR" for Rolls-Royce has never been altered, except for when Sir Henry Royce passed away in 1933. Then it was changed from red to black.

The most recycled product in the world is the automobile.
 
To manufacture a new car approximately 148,000 liters of water are needed.



Inventions :
A Hungarian named Ladislo Biro invented the first ballpoint pen in 1938.

A dentist from Buffalo New York named Alfred P. Southwick invented the electric chair.

A rocket-like device can be traced back to Ancient Greece when a flying steam-powered pigeon was built out of wood.

Adolf Hitler was one of the people that was responsible in the creation of the Volkswagen Beetle. He came up with the idea of producing a car that was cheap enough for the average German working man to afford.

Benjamin Franklin invented the rocking chair.

Braces were first invented by Pierre Fauchard in 1728. The braces were made by a flat strip of metal, which was connected to the teeth by thread.

Clarence Crane the inventor of "Crane's Peppermint Life Savers" sold his rights to the popular candy for less than three thousand dollars.

During one seven year period, Thomas Edison obtained approximately three hundred patents. In is whole life he obtained over one thousand patents.

Ed Cox from San Francisco invented the pot scrubbing S.O.S. pads in 1917. His wife came up with the name, which stands for "Save Our Saucepans."

Edwin Armstrong invented FM radio in 1933. The first men to use FM radio to communicate with Earth from the moon's surface were named Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.

Following directions off the Internet and chemicals obtained from a mail order company, a team of U.S. scientists created an identical copy of the polio virus.

In 1783, the hot air balloon was invented in France.

In 1845, inventor Thomas Adams started the world's first chewing gum factory.

In 1871, horse cars were introduced. It was simply a car that was pulled over a track by a horse.

In 1876, the first microphone was invented by Emile Berliner.