More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
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The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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