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Computer, floppy, smart terminal, 16K ram.  $1595.

How vinyl works

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Japanese designer Hakusi Katei has created a small crystal cube that reduces the resolution of objects you point it at.

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Crystal Cube by Hakusi Katei

On Dec 20, 1966, J.R. Biard receives patent for Light-emitting diode.

How to carry around 20 megabytes of data in 1985:

Believe it or not, you can find the Fibonacci sequence in 1/89.

Dividing 1 by 998.001 gives all the numbers from 000 to 999 in order except 998.

On Dec 1, 1913 – Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

Cubesats are a standardized system for small satellites, making launch and deployment easier.

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Cubesats: The Standardized System that Revolutionized Small Satellites

On Nov. 28, 1882, T. Edison patented incandescing electric lamp.

The term "patch", meaning a software update, originates from the days when computer code was written on physical cards with holes punched in them. If there was a change in the code, you would "patch" that section of the card with a piece of tape, covering it, and changing it.

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"The Origin of the Term 'Patch' in the Programming World"

hitchBOT was a hitchhiking robot which successfully hitchhiked across Canada, Germany and the Netherlands, but while attempting to hitchhike across the United States, it was stripped, dismembered, and decapitated in Philadelphia.

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hitchBOT

Because the V2 rocket was fueled by drinking alcohol, during its development technicians would often drink the fuel, causing significant delays.

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Impact of Ethyl Fuel Consumption by Technicians in the Develo of the V2 Rocket

– The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated. 

Specifications: 
Mass - 27,000 kg (60,000 lb)
Length - 8 m (26 ft)
Diameter - 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Blast yield - 50 megatons of TNT (210 PJ).

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On October 30, 1961

Apple's Magic Mouse still charges from the bottom Why hasnt this design changed?

The first image of Chernobyl was captured 14 hours after the April 26, 1986, explosion. It was taken from a helicopter assessing radiation levels in the disaster area. The photo's grainy quality resulted from the intense radiation in the air, which damaged the camera film upon exposure.

Igor Kostin, the photographer, discovered that radiation affected his camera's motors after about 20 photos. Only the image above was usable; all other photos, impacted by high radiation levels, turned out completely black.

Kostin's visit to Chernobyl was unauthorized and concealed by the authorities. Nonetheless, he later gained permission to photograph the disaster site, the evacuation of Pripyat's residents, and the 30 km zone around the power plant. His images played a vital role in exposing the catastrophe to the world.

Despite his proximity to the site, Kostin did not receive lethal levels of radiation. He passed away in a car accident in 2015 at the age of 78.

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The first image of Chernobyl was captured 14 hours after the April 26, 1986,

My whole life has been a lie

A French man, Emile Leray, was on a solo trip in Morocco in 1993 when he encountered a challenge. His Citroen 2CV broke down in the middle of the Sahara when he accidentally hit a rock, which damaged his car's chassis. He was stranded several miles from the nearest settlement.

He realized that he couldn't make it out on foot, so he decided to build a makeshift motorbike using parts of his wrecked car to escape from the Moroccan desert. He had only a toolbox and enough supplies of food and water for 10 days.

He first detached the body, which he turned into his ""house,"" and then the rest of the vehicle was pulled apart and gradually turned into a motorcycle. He converted the car's rear bumper into a rudimentary seat, shortened the chassis, and placed the engine and gearbox in the middle.

He successfully converted his 2CV into a motorcycle after twelve days of work and rode the bike out of the desert. After a day of riding, Emile was picked up by the Moroccan police force, who took him to the nearest village.

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