Attics were invented in Attica.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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