The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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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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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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