The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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