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Giz Explains: How Records Are Made
While 8-tracks and cassettes are as relevent to the digital world as wax cylinders, the vinyl LP is still being steadily produced and collected despite, or perhaps thanks to, their imprecise warm analogue acoustics. Here’s how LPs get their unique sound.
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Hustle In Style With Dice Carved From Buffalo Bone
While there’s no way these would fly by Vegas standards, this set of antique, buffalo bone dice would be an incredibly cool — if not mildly creepy — way to add some character to any newfound gambling connoisseur’s bag of tricks.
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Meet The World’s Oldest Kindle: A Ferris Wheel For Books
It might be hard to imagine, but there was once a time where thousands upon thousands of books and arguably the sum totally of human knowledge was not readily available at your fingertips. And while it’s no Kindle, Agostino Ramelli’s 16th century bookwheel was a valiant attempt to make that happen.
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What The White House Looked Like In 1950 After It Was Totally Gutted
In 1948, the White House was almost abandoned. After it had been burned by the British in 1814, and endured the stress of the addition of modern amenities like plumbing and electricity, it was on the verge of being condemned. Staircases were sagging, a fresco in the East Room was held in by scaffolding, and…