More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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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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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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