The life boat was patented in 1845!
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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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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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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