Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
56
A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
-4
To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
308
Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
17
A small airplane can fly backwards.
75
Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
46
It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
20
