Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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