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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 oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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    In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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    Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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