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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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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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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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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