The toughest item was an enormous doghouse that didn't fit in the wrapping machine.

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In the video, Patton is seen telling Kennedy that one of his carry-on bags is too big to fit through the X-ray machine.

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The machine screw is supposed to fit perfectly because it is screwed into a socket expressly designed to accept it.

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Traditional German industries like cars and machine-tools have made themselves fit by shedding hundreds of thousands of workers.

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They also support Bluetooth, which Apple has seen fit to integrate directly into the body of the machine.

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In an effort to save smartphones from the landfill, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently patented a design for a smartphone airbag system and we fell head over heels for the Scrubba, a portable washing machine made of lightweight material that's so small it can fit in your pocket.

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