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    First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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    There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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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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    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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    Car airbags kill 1 person for every 22 lives that they save.
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    More than a billion transistors are manufactured every second.
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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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    Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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