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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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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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    Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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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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    The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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    The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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