The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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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 oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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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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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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