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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    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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    More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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    The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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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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    An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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