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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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    If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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    Bluetooth Name
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    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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    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    The blueprint for a floating city has just been approved by the largest port construction and design company in China. It's entirely self-sustainable, and extends underwater.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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    It would take twenty new mid-size cars to generate the same amount of pollution that a mid-size 1960's car did.
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