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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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    Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    SnapChat
    SnapChat
    SnapChat was originally intended to be an app for sending nude pictures and was called 'Picaboo'.
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    The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    3D-Printed Cast
    3D-Printed Cast
    There's a 3D-printed cast that uses ultrasound to help heal bones 40% faster.
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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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