Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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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 Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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