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    About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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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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    The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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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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    The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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    Attics were invented in Attica.
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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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