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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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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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.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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