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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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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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    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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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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    Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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