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    Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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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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    Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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    Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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    There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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