Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Mico headphones read your brainwaves and select music based on your state of mind.
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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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Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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