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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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    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 life boat was patented in 1845!
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    Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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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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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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