Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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Attics were invented in Attica.
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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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Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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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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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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