We see the name and iconic Bluetooth logo on virtually every device we own - headphones, speakers, even toothbrushes.
Bluetooth is named after a 10th-century Scandinavian king. Harald "Blatand" Gormsson was a Viking king who ruled Denmark and Norway from the year 958 until 985.
His greatest accomplishment is that he united Denmark and Norway under his rule. Gormsson was also known for his dead tooth, which had a very dark blue-grey shade. It was so prominent that his nickname was Blatand, which literally translates from Danish to "Bluetooth".
Fast forward to 1996, when the tech was being discussed, an Intel representative Jim Kardash suggested the name and his reasoning was that like the king who united Scandinavia, Bluetooth intended to unite the PC and cellular industries.
The story is true but the picture has been hijacked and the story stretched.
original story: Frankfurt am Main: Auto nach 20 Jahren wiedergefunden: Alte Liebe rostet doch | Augsburger Allgemeine (augsburger-allgemeine.de)
Man forgets where he parks his car - then finds it 20 years later | The Independent | The Independent
File photo of an old car
(Charlie Cars/Creative Commons)
There's a thought, I'll just start making shit up.
That's one stubborn muthafoker.
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