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    Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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    Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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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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    Game Boy Uses More Computing Power Than First Lunar Mission
    The technology of a single Game Boy exceeds all the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969.
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    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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