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"Universe": epic film with HAL 9000 narration - [1960, influenced Kubrick's 2001]
The Truth About NASA Drilling into Yellowstone (BBC) - [crazy stuff]
81,258 wooden blocks from 1001 AD: Tripitaka Koreana (info) - [epic, 3 km long]
Beautiful Travel Engravings by Thomas Allom - [Victorian cool]
Shuttle "Enterprise" Flight over New York - [epic photo]
Expo 67 Epic Immersive Pavilion and its pre-IMAX film - [do you remember]
Fairy-tale Carson Mansion (info) - [wow architecture]
Fascinating Pre-Creation Myths of Navajo (info) - [interesting]
Cassini: the Grand Finale! - [fascinating, epic space]
Incredible Huge Moeraki Boulders - [wow nature]
Septarian Cracked Nodule & more concretions - [amazing rocks]
They even exist on Mars: Martian Blueberries - [wow space]
Great Title Page of "Historians' History of the World" - [old books]
30-Meter Telescope Proposed (info) - [wow tech]
Giant Magellan Telescope (pic) - [extreme concept]
Largest Optical Telescopes and ELT - [geek info]
The Century Magazine: Full Digital Archives - [1881-1919]
The Great Stock Market Crash 1929 (also this) - [great documentaries]
Pluto's Features Now Have Names - [neat space info]
Largest Art Deco Restaurant: Abandoned? (pic) - [design]
100 Years of Hurricane Paths - [cool animation]
This Neighborhood is... Protected! - [funny pic]
Sandde Stereoscopic 3D Animation (info) - [geek video]
Piano Key Movement Mechanism - [animation]
How Grand Pianos are Made - [wow video]
Find Waldo in this 360 Street Scene - [fun game]
Colored Alchemical Emblems - [great huge collection]
Machines of Loving Grace - [great tribute to typewriters]
Very Different-Looking Remington No. 1 Typewriter - [1873 cool]
Another amazing 1960 documentary (info) - [influenced Lucas' Star Wars]
See Florida thru the eyes of the movies - [destination]

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Perhaps the most epic sky I've seen do far - [extreme weather]
The Biggest Things Ever to Be Transported by Sea - [wow ships]
The Biggest (Underwater) Waterfall in the World - [wow nature]
500-meter Temple/Monument in Hong Kong - [almost built in 1945]
The Largest Known Formation in the Universe - [discovered in 2013]
Great SF Art from Yann Souetre (see) - [amazing portfolio]
Stirling Engine: 50% efficiency - [almost forgotten?]
Grandiose Ceremonies in Ancient Egypt - [fascinating]
Deepest Fish Ever Recorded (at 8,178 m in Mariana Trench) - [wow nature]
Os Lusiadas: Fantastic Epic Poem about Vasco Da Gama - [Medieval scifi]
More of Awesome 1500s Epics: "Jerusalem Delivered", "Orlando Furioso" - [wiki]
SS Vestris: Sunk with huge loss of life in 1912 - [shipwreck]
Ill-fated BBC Domsday Project: a Million People contributed - [obsolete]
Domsday Project Launch in 1986 Promo Video - [extreme concept]
Look at England in the 1980s: Domsday Project is back online - [geek, retro]
Japanese Ancient Swordmaking - [truly amazing article]
IBM Watson Supercomputer in 2011 - [pizza-box size today]
Video 2000: anybody remember this format? - [vintage, geek]
Wallis Simpson: she caused the abdication of the King of England - [femme fatale]
When Nature Moves In: Overgrown Architecture - [abandoned]
Man-eating Stymphalian birds with beaks of bronze - [wow myths]
Truly Great Art Deco Rolls-Royce & Avions Voisin - [wow video]
Why don't oil and water mix? - [funny explanation, animated]
Amazing Beer Flip - [wow video]
Close... Very close... Almost a Hit - [fun video]
Huge American Cars in a 1973 Movie Chase - [cool video]
Stuck in a weirdest place! - [fun video]
Impressive Acapella Arrangement - [music video]
Hood flies up, they keep going?! - [wow video]
Hamster's Epic Fail at the Wheel - [fun video]
LEGO Food? Yes, LEGO Food - [cool video]

	Visual Caffeine #5 Visual Caffeine, Issue 5 A thrilling blend of art, myths and technology
	Quantum Shot #430(rev) Amazing Submarine Concepts Every kind, except the yellow ones

	Quantum Shot #453(rev) The Biggest Guns in Human History "It's not the size that counts" does not seem to apply
	Quantum Shot #898 Bizarre Buses Wacky Wonders of Public Transportation
	Quantum Shot #518(rev) Hellish Weather on Other Planets Wild, Untamed, and Uncut
	Quantum Shot #534(rev) Medieval Suits of Armor Metal Body Suits vs. Weapons of Medieval Destruction
	Quantum Shot #537(rev) World's Strangest Theme Parks Amusement to the (twisted) extremes!
	Quantum Shot #897 Enchanting Victorian Fairy Tale Art "Then world behind and home ahead..."
	Quantum Shot #896 Adorable Pedal Cars Collectible Pedal Vehicles Showcase

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	Quantum Shot #895 Japanese Arcades: Gundam Pods & Other Guilty Pleasures These machines have gone up to the next level
	Quantum Shot #894 Modernist Tallinn Architecture Delicious blend of old and new!
	Quantum Shot #527(rev) Early Supercomputers: A Visual Overview "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons"

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	Quantum Shot #893 Futuristic Concept Cars of the 1970-80s French, Italian & Japanese rare beauties
	Quantum Shot #892 Epic 1970s French Space Comic Art DRB Time-Slice: Valérian and Laureline
	Quantum Shot #891 The Trees Are Escaping! The Abandoned Prison in French Guiana "Great Escape" from the Devil's Island
	Quantum Shot #890 Videophones from the Future Past Skype? Smartphone? Google Hangouts?

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	Quantum Shot #521(rev) What Kids (Really) Wish For The Ultimate Imaginary Gifts List
	Quantum Shot #457(rev) The Last Victorian Leviathan Steam Ship An Iron Monster, framed in a cloud of billowing white sails
	Quantum Shot #889 DRB Time-Slice: Infinite Music & "Oud" Masterpieces Unique melody for every day of the year!
	Quantum Shot #888 DRB Time-Slice: 1930 Design: Golden Telephone For Pope Pius You needed to kneel to speak with Pope Pius XII by phone

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	Quantum Shot #667(rev) Amazing Automatons, Robots & Victorian Androids Industrious Clockwork Creatures!
	Quantum Shot #887 Colorful South American Buses, Part 2 If you are braving some of the riskiest roads, you might as well have a colorful ride!
	Quantum Shot #886 DRB Time-Slice: 1966 Vehicles: Latin America Buses "Psychedelic-Style" Mercedes-Benz LO 1112 Bus
	Quantum Shot #885 Knock Three Times: Esoteric Door Knockers & Door Handles Most intricate, bizarre, fascinating designs
	DRB Pic-of-the-Day The Majesty of Orion Nebula Ferocious stellar winds, causing gravitational collapse
	Quantum Shot #884 Just Horsing Around (Funny Pics) Solarium for Horses, and more
	Quantum Shot #883 Japanese Umbrellas: Rainbow Variations Japanese sky melts down... in color
	DRB Pic-of-the-Day "Pale Memory" Traumatic Explosion Stunning Photo-Realistic (and Wildly Surreal) Paintings by Jeremy Geddes

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