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    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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    Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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    Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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    A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    Game Boy Inventor
    Game Boy Inventor
    The inventor of the Game Boy, Gunpei Yokoi, was originally Nintendo’s janitor and maintenance man.
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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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