Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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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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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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Mico headphones read your brainwaves and select music based on your state of mind.
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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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