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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    The life boat was patented in 1845!
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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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 small airplane can fly backwards.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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