Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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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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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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