Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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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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The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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