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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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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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    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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    The United States produces enough plastic film annually to cover the entire state of Texas.
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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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    If a car is travelling at 55 miles per hour it will travel 56 feet before the driver can shift his foot from the accelerator to the brake.
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    Technically speaking, crystal glass is actually a Liquid that flows very slowly.
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