Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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