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    The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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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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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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    Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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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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