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    Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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    Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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    The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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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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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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