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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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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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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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    There's a Mumbai-based pizzeria that now delivers pizza by drone.
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    Bluetooth Name
    Bluetooth Name
    Bluetooth is named after the Danish King Harald "Bluetooth" who ate so many blueberries that his teeth stained blue. The wireless protocol is named after him because of his ability to unite warring Scandinavian factions, just as Bluetooth unites wireless devices. The Bluetooth logo is also a combination of the King's runic initials.
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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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    Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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