The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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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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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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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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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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