The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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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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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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