Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
33
More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
55
Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
80
The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
28
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).
1
More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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