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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    The life boat was patented in 1845!
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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    If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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    The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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    Game Boy Inventor
    Game Boy Inventor
    The inventor of the Game Boy, Gunpei Yokoi, was originally Nintendo’s janitor and maintenance man.
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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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