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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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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    There's a Mumbai-based pizzeria that now delivers pizza by drone.
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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 oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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