Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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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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Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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