Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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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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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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