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    The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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    There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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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
    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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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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