Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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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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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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