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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There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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