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Aircraft Carrier

An aircraft carrier gets about 6 inches per gallon of fuel.

Airplanes

* The first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days.

* A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight (120ft).

Aluminum

The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didn't rediscover aluminum until 1827.

Automobile

George Seldon received a patent in 1895 - for the automobile. Four years later, George sold the rights for $200,000.

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