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    A small airplane can fly backwards.
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    Hitachi's ATM that Sterilizes and Irons Bills
    In the mid-90s, Hitachi produced an ATM that sterilized bills by heating them to 200 degrees Celsius, then ironed them before dispensing.
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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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    There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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    The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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    If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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