Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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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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There's a Mumbai-based pizzeria that now delivers pizza by drone.
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