Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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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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About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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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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The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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