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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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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 first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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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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    Contrary to popular belief, putting sugar in a car's gas tank will NOT ruin its engine.
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    In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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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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