Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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