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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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    The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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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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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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    SnapChat
    SnapChat
    SnapChat was originally intended to be an app for sending nude pictures and was called 'Picaboo'.
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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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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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