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    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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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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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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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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