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    SnapChat was originally intended to be an app for sending nude pictures and was called 'Picaboo'.
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    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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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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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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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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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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