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    Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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