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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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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