To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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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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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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