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70Unusual Musical Instruments
You mean this device plays music, too? This article will cover a few bizarre musical instruments, an oddities used by musicians to convey that special feeling or a melody. Some of the uniquely crafted items may cost a fortune, others are very...
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66American Supersonic Airliners: Race for a Dream (part 1)
Boeing-2707 SST - Supersonic Marvel, Largely Forgotten Today Capable of transporting 296 passengers across the ocean at 2900 km/h. - 40 years ago, in 1968. The Sixties were simply amazing times for...
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69Stunningly Intricate: Curta Mechanical Calculator
What if Babbage's Difference Engine spawned a "laptop"? It's hard to find more desirable and satisfying (in a tactile sort of way) mechanical fetish item from the age of early computing... For years Curta calculators enjoyed a cult status among...
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69Abandoned Amusement Parks (part 1)
Echoes of Fun, Silence of Decay The day the music stopped, the fun ended, the rides halted and the gate closed up for good - that day the park fell into the brooding silence, deep and desolate, yet fraught with echoes and afterimages of former...
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66Marvelous and Really Bizarre Japanese Watches (part 2)
Everyone knows that Japanese live on their own time. Their culture is alternatively more fast-paced and intense than the rest of the western world (like in urban areas), or more relaxed and introspective (like a Japanese garden). Knowing these...
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73Marvelous and Really Bizarre Japanese Watches (part 1)
Everyone knows that Japanese live on their own time. Their culture is alternatively more fast-paced and intense than the rest of the western world (like in urban areas), or more relaxed and introspective (like...
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80Some of the Worlds Strangest Fences (part 1)
If you got boring stuff... at least make a groovy fence around it Well, spiders weave webs, and we humans can't seem to get off our fascination with building fences, hedges, borders and all kinds of...
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79Some of the Worlds Strangest Fences (part 2)
Obladi Oblada Life Goes On Bra ...and up the fence, like in this case: You notice this fence goes on pretty much forever. No shortage of bras in New Zealand... (or at least in Cardrona, Otago Province). This is more proof, if you needed it,...
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