An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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There's a Mumbai-based pizzeria that now delivers pizza by drone.
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Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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