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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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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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    The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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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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    It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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