There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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 hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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