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How One Inventor Secretly Built A Pneumatic Subway Under New York City
Yesterday afternoon, Elon Musk revealed his plansfor a system that could revolutionise transit. This isn’t the first time a private entrepreneur has taken on transportation in America though. In fact, another wealthy businessman and inventor named Alfred Ely Beach attempted to do the same thing in New York, in 1869. Except instead of Hyperloops, he…
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1944 Electromagnetic Radiation Poster Makes Learning Retro Chic
There are lots of interactions and fields around us all the time that we can’t see. Like gravity. We can always count on gravity to be there when we trip and face plant. And we interact with all different frequencies on the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation every day, which is usually fine and sometimes deadly.…
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These Internet-Themed Crayons From The 1990s Are Hilariously Dated
A long, long time ago, in a land where people had yet to even ponder words like “Reddit” and “Twitter”, a bright-eyed arts and crafts company decided to embrace this crazy thing called the information superhighway. The year was 1997, and that company was Crayola. The results are absolutely glorious.
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68 Plans For London’s Hilariously Misguided Response To The Eiffel Tower
In 1889, Paris unveiled the magnificent Eiffel Tower. It was a worldwide sensation. London, meanwhile, was green with envy. Not about to be outdone, city officials announced a competition for a grand monument of its own, and revealed 68 of the entries in a showcase catalog.