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    Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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    The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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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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    Attics were invented in Attica.
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    First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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