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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    Scientists in the UK are creating a smartphone app that will enable users to test for STDs.
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    Kleenex tissues were originally used as filters in gas masks.
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    The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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    There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.
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    There's an "anti-smartphone" called John's Phone which can only make and receive calls.
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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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    The electric chair was invented by a dentist!
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