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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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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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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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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    The Queen Mary - the grandest vessel of her day - had many of her vital components made by car manufacturer Skoda!
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