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    The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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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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    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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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    Wind Turbine Trees
    Wind Turbine Trees
    After noticing the wind rustling and turning the leaves on trees, French entrepreneur Jérôme Michaud-Larivière designed wind turbine trees that could provide clean energy for urban settings.
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    There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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