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 first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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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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UFO sightings have reduced by over 80% since the introduction of smartphones and public access to HD video.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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