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    Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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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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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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    Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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