Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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The life boat was patented in 1845!
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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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Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
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If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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