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    The oil used by jewelers to lubricate clocks and watches costs about $3,000 a gallon.
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    The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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    Students at MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort”, which could possibly eliminate the need for central heating and cooling.
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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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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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