A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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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 oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Mico headphones read your brainwaves and select music based on your state of mind.
7
Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
5
The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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