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    Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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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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    Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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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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    If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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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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    First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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