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A Whale-Oiled Machine
99% Invisible
Is There a Grease in That Box?
The world is growing more and more digital. But even the internet, which feels so separate from the physical world, is actually just a giant machine with billions of moving parts. The data centers that house our cat photos and banking info rely on cooling systems, compressors and fans that all use specially designed Greece. On the hottest, most humid days of summer, if you wander over to the back corner of the production floor at Nye lubricants, you can still catch a whiff of whale oil.
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