The life boat was patented in 1845!
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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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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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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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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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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