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    A toaster uses almost half as much energy as a full-sized oven.
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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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    Jumbo jets use 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    Bluetooth Name
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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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    Originally, BMW was an airplane engine manufacturer.
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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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    In the early 1960's, Porsche commercially manufactured farm tractors.
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