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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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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 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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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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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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    A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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    Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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