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    The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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    Hitachi's ATM that Sterilizes and Irons Bills
    In the mid-90s, Hitachi produced an ATM that sterilized bills by heating them to 200 degrees Celsius, then ironed them before dispensing.
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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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    All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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    A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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