Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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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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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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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
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A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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