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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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    To have your picture taken by the very first camera you would have had to sit still for 8 hours!
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    Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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    A fully loaded supertanker traveling at normal speed takes a least twenty minutes to stop.
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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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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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    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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