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    Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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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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    The life boat was patented in 1845!
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    A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.
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    More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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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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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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