Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Mico headphones read your brainwaves and select music based on your state of mind.
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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 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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