The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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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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