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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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    The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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    Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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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 alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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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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