Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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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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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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