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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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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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    To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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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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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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    The life boat was patented in 1845!
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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