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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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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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    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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    SnapChat
    SnapChat
    SnapChat was originally intended to be an app for sending nude pictures and was called 'Picaboo'.
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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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    Scientists in China have built a prototype high-speed maglev train that is theoretically capable of reaching speeds of up to 1,800 mph (2,900 km/h).
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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