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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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    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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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    SnapChat
    SnapChat
    SnapChat was originally intended to be an app for sending nude pictures and was called 'Picaboo'.
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    Mico headphones read your brainwaves and select music based on your state of mind.
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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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