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    The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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    SnapChat
    SnapChat
    SnapChat was originally intended to be an app for sending nude pictures and was called 'Picaboo'.
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    The Google driverless car has only encountered two accidents. The first it was rear ended at a stop sign, and the second was when a human was behind the wheel.
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    A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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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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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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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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