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    The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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    Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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    In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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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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    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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    Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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    First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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