The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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