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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    Attics were invented in Attica.
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    A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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    The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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    Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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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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    Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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