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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    Wind Turbine Trees
    Wind Turbine Trees
    After noticing the wind rustling and turning the leaves on trees, French entrepreneur Jérôme Michaud-Larivière designed wind turbine trees that could provide clean energy for urban settings.
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    Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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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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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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