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    The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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    Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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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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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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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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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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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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    There's a Mumbai-based pizzeria that now delivers pizza by drone.
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