Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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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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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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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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