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    The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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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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    In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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    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 average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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