Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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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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