More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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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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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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