The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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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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