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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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    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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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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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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    Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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    First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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