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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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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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    Wind Turbine Trees
    Wind Turbine Trees
    After noticing the wind rustling and turning the leaves on trees, French entrepreneur Jérôme Michaud-Larivière designed wind turbine trees that could provide clean energy for urban settings.
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    If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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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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    Game Boy Inventor
    Game Boy Inventor
    The inventor of the Game Boy, Gunpei Yokoi, was originally Nintendo’s janitor and maintenance man.
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    Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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