Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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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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