The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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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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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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There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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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 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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