The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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