The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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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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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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