The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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