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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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    Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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