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    The life boat was patented in 1845!
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    Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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    SnapChat
    SnapChat
    SnapChat was originally intended to be an app for sending nude pictures and was called 'Picaboo'.
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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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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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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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