Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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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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