Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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