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    Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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    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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    Energy is being wasted if a toaster is left plugged in after use.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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    The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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    In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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