Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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