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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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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 hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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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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