Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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