Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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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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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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