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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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    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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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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    Originally, Nintendo was a playing card manufacturer.
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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    The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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    The life boat was patented in 1845!
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    Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page have expressed their desire to see the search engine become artificial intelligence itself. To achieve that goal, they created the highly-protected “X lab.”
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