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#227 - Week of January 26, 2015 - Click Here

Epic Ski Ride: Candide Thovex - [extreme video, wow ending]
These Awesome Umbrellas Are Retractable - [wow tech]
Nine Hours In A Capsule Hotel - [cool, travel]
The Evolution of the Moon in 30 Seconds - [fascinating, Space]
The Oldest Set of Playing Cards (w/hunting symbols) - [retro]
Movie Theaters Had Very Different Rules in 1912 - [retro cool, pics]
Weirdest Museums Around The World - [travel]
Spectacular Gifs made 3D - [unexpected]
The Making of: The Patek Philippe Grandmaster Watch - [impressive]
Creepy Vintage Cards by Colin Batty - [weird, art]
This is where we get "Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol" from- [interesting]
There Are 30 Unique Ways To Tie A Tie - [never knew]
Venetian Cybermasks - [geek art]
Gilles Panizzi insane rally car driving - [wow video]
Worst Parking Caught On Camera - [funny pics]
This site lists ALL miniature firearms - [great find]
Something Different: Stylish City Map Prints - [very cool]
Hot Chocolate With Caffeine? New Hybrid Drink - [lifestyle]
Korean Girls Try American Snacks, & vice versa - [fun videos]
Claas Xerion 3300 VC Octopus - [wow video]
Supercute: Porcupine Begs for Food - [fun video]
Star Wars: Crazy Lightsaber Battle - [fun video]
Great Way to Get Out of the Mud - [wow video]
Archery Taken to Superhuman Heights - [wow video]
Seen in Saudi Arabia... Wait for it. - [fun video]
Russians Handling 3-Ton Power Hammer - [wow video]
Mind-blowing WW2 3D-Battle Trailer - [wow video]
Zombie Choir: Wild & Hilarious Thing - [funny]
Play This "Attention:Curve!" Game, If Bored - [gaming]
Awesome & Unique "Vortex" Japanese Watch - [cool stuff]
Check out this Movie Recommendation Engine - [movies]

January 19, 2015 - Quantum Shot #890
Videophones from the Future Past

Skype? Smartphone? Google Hangouts?

January 15, 2015 - DRB Feel-Good
DRB Feel-Good Issue #26

Loads of cool and rare imagery

Super Spectacular Flight Over NYC - [wow pics, scroll]
Who Killed Science Fiction? Full text from... 1962 - [scroll down]
Why is (Printed) Science Fiction Dying? - [great discussion]
The Future of Rare Earth Elements - [infographic]
Posters of... Random Wiki Article A-Day - [neat idea]
William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job - [scroll down for pics]
What Ancient Greeks Thought About Planetary Motion - [with great GIFs]
Fascinating Colorized Historical Photographs - [wow gallery]
Super-Intense SF Art by Klaus Wittmann - [gallery, kinda nsfw]
Most Hilarious (Real) Workout Video Ever - [fun video]
Lava Entering the Ocean: Really Upclose - [wow video]
Stealing TV from a store - [weird video]
Amazing Skills of Cutting A Steak - [wow video]
Zombie Choir: Wild & Hilarious Thing - [funny]
Book Sifter: List of Free Books - [for book lovers]
Play this "Snail Bob", if bored! - [gaming]

	January 12, 2015 - Quantum Shot #667(rev) Amazing Automatons, Robots & Victorian Androids Industrious Clockwork Creatures!
	January 6, 2015 - BEST OF DRB The Best of DRB in 2014 Weird & Wonderful 2014 Overview

December 31, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good
Happy Holidays from DRB!

DRB Feel-Good Issue #25

	December 22, 2014 - Quantum Shot #521(rev) What Kids (Really) Wish For The Ultimate Imaginary Gifts List
	December 19, 2014 - Quantum Shot #457(rev) The Last Victorian Leviathan Steam Ship An Iron Monster, framed in a cloud of billowing white sails

#226 - Week of December 14, 2014 - Click Here

December 9, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good
DRB Feel-Good Issue #24

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	December 6, 2014 - Quantum Shot #889 DRB Time-Slice: Infinite Music & "Oud" Masterpieces Unique melody for every day of the year!
	December 1, 2014 - 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

#225 - Week of November 29, 2014 - Click Here

November 24, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good
DRB Feel-Good Issue #23

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	November 22, 2014 - 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!
	November 19, 2014 - Quantum Shot #886 DRB Time-Slice: 1966 Vehicles: Latin America Buses "Psychedelic-Style" Mercedes-Benz LO 1112 Bus

#224 - Week of October 26, 2014 - Click Here

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	October 21, 2014 - Quantum Shot #885 Knock Three Times: Esoteric Door Knockers & Door Handles Most intricate, bizarre, fascinating designs
	October 14, 2014 - DRB Pic-of-the-Day The Majesty of Orion Nebula Ferocious stellar winds, causing gravitational collapse
	October 6, 2014 - Quantum Shot #884 Just Horsing Around (Funny Pics) Solarium for Horses, and more
	September 29, 2014 - Quantum Shot #883 Japanese Umbrellas: Rainbow Variations Japanese sky melts down... in color
	September 23, 2014 - DRB Pic-of-the-Day "Pale Memory" Traumatic Explosion Stunning Photo-Realistic (and Wildly Surreal) Paintings by Jeremy Geddes

September 17, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good
DRB Feel-Good Issue #22

Loads of cool and rare imagery

#223 - Week of September 14, 2014 - Click Here

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	September 12, 2014 - Quantum Shot #882 Creative (and Weird) Basketball Hoops Exercise Anywhere! Make your hoop out of anything!
	September 4, 2014 - Quantum Shot #881 Fascinating Maps: Origins of Important Historical Figures in Europe Europe Seen Through a Temporal Telescope: 1400-1950
	September 1, 2014 - DRB Pic-of-the-Day Pic-of-the-Day: Feather Sea Star "Flowers of the Coral Seas"

	September 8, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good DRB Feel-Good Issue #21 Loads of cool and rare imagery
	August 21, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good DRB Feel-Good Issue #20 Loads of cool and rare imagery

#222 - Week of August 27, 2014 - Click Here

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	August 8, 2014 - Quantum Shot #880 Rare Microcars: The Small, The Tiny, And the Utterly Absurd A Smorgasbord of Weird Minicars
	August 5, 2014 - Quantum Shot #879 Futuristic "Sofil" 1953 Vehicle Marvelous bus designed by Felix Aublet
	August 1, 2014 - Quantum Shot #878 More Lovely Micro Cars Small is Timeless!
	July 28, 2014 - DRB Pic-of-the-Day DRB Pic-of-the-Day: Thunder Robot Army Plus a bunch of Freddie-Ford auto robots
	July 26, 2014 - Quantum Shot #645(rev) Adorable Bubble-Cars Great Things Come in Small Packages
	July 21, 2014 - Quantum Shot #877 These Glorious Three-Wheeled Microcars Bubblecar Three-Wheelers! (Who Needs an Extra Wheel?)
	July 17, 2014 - Quantum Shot #876 Japan Robot Restaurant: Totally Over-the-Top! Probably the craziest restaurant in the entire world

#221 - Week of July 15, 2014 - Click Here

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July 9, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good
DRB Feel-Good Issue #19

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	July 4, 2014 - Quantum Shot #415, 374(rev) Nightmare Playgrounds, Part 2 Nightmare Playgrounds, Part 1 Seriously disturbing sculptures, meant for kids
	July 1, 2014 - Quantum Shot #550(rev) Nightmare Playgrounds, Part 3 When trapped in a nightmare, enjoy a kiddie-slide!
	June 28, 2014 - Quantum Shot #875 Cars with Propellers, Part 2 Futuristic "Pillbug", built in 1936 in Germany
	June 25, 2014 - DRB Pic-of-the-Day DRB Pic-of-the-Day: Shire on Earth Found! The secret hideout of hobbits
	June 21, 2014 - Quantum Shot #516(rev) Cars with Propellers, Part 1 Essential steampunk transportation
	June 18, 2014 - Quantum Shot #874 Super-Colorful Rivers Rivers full of heavenly colour

Mini Link Latte #1 - Week of June 16, 2014 - Click Here

	June 11, 2014 - Quantum Shot #873 Let's "Go!": Ancient Chinese Game Boards A long, passionate duel... with less victory
	June 7, 2014 - Quantum Shot #559(rev) Surprised Astronauts (Funny Pics) "My God, it's full of stars!"

#220 - Week of June 3, 2014 - Click Here

	May 31, 2014 - Quantum Shot #406(rev) Antique Digital Calculators & Other Steampunk Gear You know you want these retro masterpieces
	May 29, 2014 - Quantum Shot #178(rev) Spectacular & Mysterious Lightning, Part 1 Wild heavenly unrest and hair-raising electrical storms

May 25, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good
DRB Feel-Good Issue #18

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	May 23, 2014 - Quantum Shot #461(rev) Toy Robots to Have and to Hold Share your life with a bunch of cute Japanese toy robots!
	May 21, 2014 - Quantum Shot #872 Imperial Dreams: Art Deco Update Soviet Unique Glass Holders, and more
	May 19, 2014 - Quantum Shot #580(rev) Flying Colors! Creative Paint on Airliners "Art planes" to pretty up the skies

#219 - Week of May 16, 2014 - Click Here

	May 12, 2014 - Quantum Shot #619(rev) Gorgeous Espresso Machines Awesome steam: retro & modern examples
	May 8, 2014 - Quantum Shot #871 DRB History Issue: World War Two Soviet Female Fighter Pilots of the WW2
	May 4, 2014 - Quantum Shot #570(rev) Thrilling Vintage Movie Posters Spewed from Intergalactic Space!..

May 1, 2014 - DRB Feel-Good
DRB Feel-Good Issue #17

Loads of cool and rare imagery

	April 27, 2014 - Pic-of-the-Day Cosmonaut's Bling! Under the banner of Lenin - to the stars!
	April 23, 2014 - Quantum Shot #870 Crazy (and Dangerous) Railroads Landslide on an Old Harrowing Railroad
	April 18, 2014 - Pic-of-the-Day Enchanting Waterfall Island Like the Nagrand region in World of Warcraft

#218 - Week of April 20, 2014 - Click Here

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	April 12, 2014 - DRB Series Amazing Optical Illusions (DRB Series) One of the most extensive collections of awesome optical illusions on the web!
	April 8, 2014 - Quantum Shot #869 Mind-Blowing Optical Illusions, Part 6 "The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them"
	April 2, 2014 - Quantum Shot #868 Incredible Optical Illusions, Part 5 "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
	March 26, 2014 - Quantum Shot #228(rev) Optical Illusions Update Your eyes see one thing, your mind believes another!

The Complete Collection of DRB Biscotti issues is now available in one place - Click here

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