Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
28
There’s an internet-enabled jacket which gives you a “hug” every time a Facebook friend likes your status.
12
About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
14
A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
12
All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
2
Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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