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    A Citreon 2CV with an oil leak once travelled 500 miles through Italy after its gearbox was filled with bananas!
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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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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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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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    The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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