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20 Interesting Facts about Engineering

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1- There are six million parts in the Boeing 747-400.

2- It takes the Hubble Telescope about 97 minutes to complete an orbit of the Earth. On average, the Hubble uses the equivalent amount of energy as 30 household light bulbs to complete an orbit.

3- Superman The Escape Rollercoaster, located in California at Six Flags Magic Mountain, goes from 0 to 100 miles per hour in only 7 seconds.

4- Five-thousandths of a millimeter is the tolerance of accuracy at the LEGO factories.

5- The Deepest mine in the world is the East Rand Mines, which goes to a depth of about 3,585 meters.

6- The External Tank on the space shuttle is not painted. It is the only part of the shuttle that is lost after lunch, so it is not necessary to worry metal corrosion.

7- Toronto was the first city in the world with computerized traffic signal system.

8- The world's first underground was the London Underground in 1863. It has 275 station and 253 miles of track.

9- In 1963, the first practical helicopter was invented. It was the German Focke-Wulf FW 61.

10- The USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1 in 1957.

11- The Hubble Telescope is so powerful that it is like pointing a beam of light away.

12- Automobile Building is the largest manufacturing industry in the world.

13- There are over 200 parts in a typical telephone.

14- Construction workers hard hats were first invented and used in the building of the Hoover Dam in 1933.

15- The first jet engine was invented by Frank Whittle of England in 1930.

16- At liftoff, US space shuttles weight about 4.5 million pounds.

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17- The First German car to be built Solely outside of Germany is the BMW Z3.

18- The oldest Roller Coaster in the world is the Leap-The-Dips roller coaster located in Lakemont Park in Pennsylvania. The roller coaster was built in 1902.

19- The Microwave oven was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

20- The speed of sound must be exceeded to produce a sonic boom.

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