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    Game Boy Uses More Computing Power Than First Lunar Mission
    The technology of a single Game Boy exceeds all the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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    Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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