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• Miami has a population of 5.5 million. In 2009 it was ranked the richest U.S. city.

• Over $300 million worth of vehicles are kept in storage facilities across America.

• A NASA spacesuit once sold at auction for $187,200.

• (About display model rockets.) Some display models were once prototypes for actual rockets.

• In 1962, the Delta Relay rocket launched NASA`s first communications satellite.

• Hovercrafts can travel over any surface, gliding on a cushion of high pressure air.

• Honda created the first three-wheel ATVs in 1970.

• Before the invention of chainsaws in 1927, crosscut saws were used to cut trees into lumber.

• "Bakelite" was the first synthetic plastic, created in 1907.

• A "Squeeze Cocker" is a trigger-less gun designed to fire with a single squeeze.

• The "Squeeze Cocker" or "Assassin`s Pistol" has an effective range of only 10 feet.
 

• (About Torrance, California.) Torrance has a population of 147,405.

• Chuck Norris opened his first karate dojo in Torrance.

• Before electrical speakers, large horns were used to amplify sound on early record players.

• The first recording Thomas Edison made was his rendition of "Mary Had a Little Lamb".

• The Edison Home Phonograph was first sold in 1896 for $30.

• Early phonograph cylinders could only hold two minutes of sound.

• (About a company that used to make music boxes.) In the 1900`s the Regina Company became known for making vacuum cleaners.

• Miniboats were manufactured from 1984 to 1996 in Dana Point, California.

• $30 in 1905 is equal to $831 today.

• Due to mass production, an original Edison blank cylinder is worth less than $10.

• (About the Addictor 190 miniboat.) The 190 is the smallest two-seater ever manufactured by Addictor.

• Miniboats were popular as rental boats at resorts in the 1990`s.