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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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    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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    Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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    To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    Bluetooth Name
    Bluetooth Name
    Bluetooth is named after the Danish King Harald "Bluetooth" who ate so many blueberries that his teeth stained blue. The wireless protocol is named after him because of his ability to unite warring Scandinavian factions, just as Bluetooth unites wireless devices. The Bluetooth logo is also a combination of the King's runic initials.
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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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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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