The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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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 normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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