Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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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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Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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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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Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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