Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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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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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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