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    The life boat was patented in 1845!
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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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    Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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    Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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    It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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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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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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