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As the Cold War raged in the wake of humanity’s increasing understanding of nuclear science — and history’s very first use of an atomic bomb —...
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Only one brand of snowmobile is currently allowed in Yellowstone National Park, and it’s not because the park service or government picked a winner. Ski-Doo is...
You’ve probably got a ton of VHS tapes in a box somewhere — but why *don’t* you have any Capacitance Electronic Discs (CED)?. Despite being an...
Imagine a Slim Jim that’s 20 feet long and weighs 200 pounds — that’s basically a python. And in Thailand and Vietnam, python farming is yielding...