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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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    A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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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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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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