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    The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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    A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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    Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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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 hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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    Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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