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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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    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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    An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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    Attics were invented in Attica.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    A small airplane can fly backwards.
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