Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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