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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    Bluetooth Name
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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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    The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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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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    The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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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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    Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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