Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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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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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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