An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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