Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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