The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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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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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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