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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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    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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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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    There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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    Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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    There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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