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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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    First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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    Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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    Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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    All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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