Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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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.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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There's a Mumbai-based pizzeria that now delivers pizza by drone.
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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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