Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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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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Attics were invented in Attica.
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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 American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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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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