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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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    Hitachi's ATM that Sterilizes and Irons Bills
    In the mid-90s, Hitachi produced an ATM that sterilized bills by heating them to 200 degrees Celsius, then ironed them before dispensing.
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    Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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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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