The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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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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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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