The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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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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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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