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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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    A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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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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    Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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    Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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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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    First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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    The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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