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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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    The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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    The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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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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    Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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