Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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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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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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