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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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    Any modern jet is capable of breaking the sound barrier.
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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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    Castor oil is used as a lubricant in jet planes.
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    In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 camcorders that had the technology to see through people's clothes.
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    More steel in the United States is used to make bottle caps than to manufacture automobile bodies.
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    Surgeons who grew up playing video games make 37 percent fewer mistakes.
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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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