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    Game Boy Inventor
    Game Boy Inventor
    The inventor of the Game Boy, Gunpei Yokoi, was originally Nintendo’s janitor and maintenance man.
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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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    All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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    There's a Mumbai-based pizzeria that now delivers pizza by drone.
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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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