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    Windmills always turn anti-clockwise. Except for the windmills in Ireland!
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    Thomas Alva Edison patented almost 1,300 inventions in his lifetime!
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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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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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    The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    The average car produces a pound of pollution every 25 miles!
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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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