The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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