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    Game Boy Inventor
    Game Boy Inventor
    The inventor of the Game Boy, Gunpei Yokoi, was originally Nintendo’s janitor and maintenance man.
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    Game Boy Uses More Computing Power Than First Lunar Mission
    The technology of a single Game Boy exceeds all the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    Whale oil was used in automobile transmissions as late as 1973.
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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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    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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    More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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