A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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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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Mico headphones read your brainwaves and select music based on your state of mind.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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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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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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