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• Freeze dried and sealed food can remain edible for up to 25 years.

• The "War Eagle" is one of the most heavily reproduced slot machines.

• Through the 1930s and 40s, Mills Novelty had major ties to organized crime.

• The first personal watercraft was sold in 1968 by a Canadian snowmobile maker.

• The JetLev has a 200hp engine and pumps water at 1000 gallons a minute.

 

• Legends of buried treasure led to an 1860s gold rush on Catalina Island.

• The yacht Valient sank off Catalina`s coast with 75 grand in unrecovered jewelry.

• 122,000 tons of lobster are caught in the North Atlantic ocean alone each year.

• RC vehicles that run on nitro fuel can fly two times as long as their electric counterparts.

• The US military is developing micro drones small enough to fit on the tip of your finger.

• Helicopters have saved over 3 million lives since their first rescue in 1944.

• The world`s fastest helicopter is the Westland Lynx topping out at 250 mph.

• James Cameron took a submersible to a record setting 35,756 ft in March of 2012.

• A revolutionary winged submersible called Deep Flight operates like a plane underwater.

• Great White sharks have been spotted among the kelp forest surrounding Catalina.

 

• Some safes can withstand high explosives such as nitroglycerin.

• In the late 19th century, land yachts were used to transport goods across dry lake beds.

• The first organized paintball game was held in 1981.

• An average of four people die from paintball related injuries every year.

• The earliest known use of land yachts was in Ancient Egypt for leisure.

• The world land speed record for a wind-powered vehicle is 126.1 mph.