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    The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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    The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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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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    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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    First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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    Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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