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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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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    A small airplane can fly backwards.
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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    Robo Fish
    Robo Fish
    A robotic fsh created by researchers at NYU-Poly was left to interact with normal fish. It was accepted by them and soon guided them as a leader.
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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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    Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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