The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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