A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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A small airplane can fly backwards.
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It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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