Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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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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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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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.
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