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    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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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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    The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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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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    More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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    The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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    Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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