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    It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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    Bluetooth Name
    Bluetooth Name
    Bluetooth is named after the Danish King Harald "Bluetooth" who ate so many blueberries that his teeth stained blue. The wireless protocol is named after him because of his ability to unite warring Scandinavian factions, just as Bluetooth unites wireless devices. The Bluetooth logo is also a combination of the King's runic initials.
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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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