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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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    Sony researchers have developed a refrigerator that only opens when you smile.
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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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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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