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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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    A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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    It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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    Wind Turbine Trees
    Wind Turbine Trees
    After noticing the wind rustling and turning the leaves on trees, French entrepreneur Jérôme Michaud-Larivière designed wind turbine trees that could provide clean energy for urban settings.
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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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    An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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