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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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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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    Attics were invented in Attica.
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    Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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    The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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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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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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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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