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21 Nov 2009
The first practical helicopter was the German Focke-Wulf FW61 in 1936.
The brilliant Greek scientist Archimedes was born in Syracuse, Sicily in 287 B.C. His best-known invention was a machine for raising water, called Archimedes' screw. He is also famous for his work on buoyancy, or floating bodies, which led him to develop Archimedes' principle.
In 1885 Karl Benz built the first car powered by an internal combustion engine.
The fastest truck in the world, the 376 mph rocket powered Shockwave burns 400 gallons of fuel every mile.
There was a false floor fitted in Adolf Hitler's Mercedes 770K to make him look taller when he stood up in the car.
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