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    The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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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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    There are only 14 blimps in the world.
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    There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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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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    In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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    The first alarm clock could only ring at 4 a.m.
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    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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