The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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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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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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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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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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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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