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    There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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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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    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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    There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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    UFO sightings have reduced by over 80% since the introduction of smartphones and public access to HD video.
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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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