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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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    The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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    Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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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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    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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