Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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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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