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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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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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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The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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