Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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