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    A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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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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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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