Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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UFO sightings have reduced by over 80% since the introduction of smartphones and public access to HD video.
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