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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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    All GPS units sold in the civilian market have to be programmed to deactivate themselves if they detect they are travelling faster than 1200 MPH or are above 60,000 feet in altitude to prevent them being used in intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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    A small airplane can fly backwards.
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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 first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.
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    An airplane mechanic invented Slinky while he was playing with engine parts and realized the possible secondary use for the springs.
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    Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis had an online multiplayer mode.
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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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