Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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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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UFO sightings have reduced by over 80% since the introduction of smartphones and public access to HD video.
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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