Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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