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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Mico headphones read your brainwaves and select music based on your state of mind.
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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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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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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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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