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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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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