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    The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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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 ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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    Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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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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    In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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    A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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