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    Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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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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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    The life boat was patented in 1845!
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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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    3D-Printed Cast
    3D-Printed Cast
    There's a 3D-printed cast that uses ultrasound to help heal bones 40% faster.
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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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