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Can You Identify These Vintage Household Items?
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Plug in your icebox and chill out for this one! The household products you know and love today look quite different than their vintage counterparts. In fact, some didn't even exist. But that's the fun of it, trying to identify all of these vintage household items. Take this quiz to see if you identify them!
How Prosthetic Limbs Work
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Prosthetic limbs are incredibly valuable to amputees. Find out how prosthetic limbs restore some of the capabilities lost with the amputated limb.
How Black Boxes Work
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Black boxes help investigators determine what happened in an airplane accident. What's inside a black box and how does it record flight data?
1937-1938 Ford
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The 1937-1938 Ford lineup caused quite a stir, beginning with the spectacular introduction of the 1937 models. Follow the 1937-1938 Ford story.
10 Reasons the Multiverse Is a Real Possibility
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In 1957, Hugh Everett first wrote about the multiverse - different realms where every choice spawns a separate universe in which another version of ourselves does something different. It sounds crazy, but here are some reasons it might be true.
10 Technologies That Help Buildings Resist Earthquakes
Bend but don't break: That's the idea behind many of these temblor-thwarting technologies. They may even allow a building's inhabitants to walk out unharmed and start picking up the pieces after the earthquake subsides.
10 Strange Structural Engineering Marvels
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Some architects and engineers go big. Others get fancy. And yet others aim squarely for the completely bizarre. These imagination-bending, gravity-defying products may induce more than a few OMGs.
When you have an itch, what is happening under your skin?
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When you have an itch, what is happening under your skin? And, why does scratching make it go away?
McLaren F1
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The McLaren F1 has a legitimate claim to the title of greatest sports car ever. Learn about the McLaren F1, the peak of British automotive engineering.
What is the churning sound I hear from my hard drive whenever it is retrieving data?
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What is the churning sound I hear from my hard drive whenever it is retrieving data?