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    There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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    The normal static electricty shock that zaps your finger when you touch a doorknob is usually between 10,000 and 30,000 volts!
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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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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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    The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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    Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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