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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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    Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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    A small airplane can fly backwards.
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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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    First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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