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    A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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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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    Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that lets you kiss someone over the internet.
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    The life boat was patented in 1845!
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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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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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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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