Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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