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    The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    The UK Has a Bus Service That Is Powered by Poop
    In the UK, there's a bus service that's powered by poop.
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    Wind Turbine Trees
    Wind Turbine Trees
    After noticing the wind rustling and turning the leaves on trees, French entrepreneur Jérôme Michaud-Larivière designed wind turbine trees that could provide clean energy for urban settings.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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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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    There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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