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    The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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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 oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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    Wind Turbine Trees
    Wind Turbine Trees
    After noticing the wind rustling and turning the leaves on trees, French entrepreneur Jérôme Michaud-Larivière designed wind turbine trees that could provide clean energy for urban settings.
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