To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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