More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
17
Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
2
The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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