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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    Attics were invented in Attica.
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    Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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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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    The life boat was patented in 1845!
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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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    Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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