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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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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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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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    In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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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 cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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    The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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    Game Boy Uses More Computing Power Than First Lunar Mission
    The technology of a single Game Boy exceeds all the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969.
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