Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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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.
17
Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
56
A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
16
Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
33
There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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