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    A small airplane can fly backwards.
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    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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    Game Boy Inventor
    Game Boy Inventor
    The inventor of the Game Boy, Gunpei Yokoi, was originally Nintendo’s janitor and maintenance man.
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    The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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    Attics were invented in Attica.
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    It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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