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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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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