More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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