Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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There's a Mumbai-based pizzeria that now delivers pizza by drone.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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