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    Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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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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    The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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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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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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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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    The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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