A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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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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There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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