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    A small airplane can fly backwards.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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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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    SnapChat
    SnapChat
    SnapChat was originally intended to be an app for sending nude pictures and was called 'Picaboo'.
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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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