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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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    First four countries to have television: England, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Brazil.
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    It takes six months to build a Rolls Royce...and 13 hours to build a Toyota.
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    Henry Ford produced the model T only in black because the black paint available at the time was the fastest to dry.
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    The American Automobile Association was founded for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps!
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    Game Boy Uses More Computing Power Than First Lunar Mission
    The technology of a single Game Boy exceeds all the computing power that was used to put the first man on moon in 1969.
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    The IRS processes more than 2 billion pieces of paper each year.
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    The life boat was patented in 1845!
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