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    An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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    A small airplane can fly backwards.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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    More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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