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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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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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    First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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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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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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