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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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    The ball on top of a flagpole is called a 'truck'.
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    The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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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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    There's a Mumbai-based pizzeria that now delivers pizza by drone.
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    About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
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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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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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