Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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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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Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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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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There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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