The life boat was patented in 1845!
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There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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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 Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
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