Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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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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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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