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	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

This is how you cook shrimp in Japan - [crazy video w/recipe]
Google Maps (sort of) and Wiki for Deep Space! - [we lived to see this]
Pufferfish Create Underwater Crop Circles - [wow nature]
Creepy Video from Pripyat, Chernobyl - [abandoned]
The Psychedelic Customized Big Rigs of India - [wow vehicles]
Andrea Pozzo 1650 Mural: This Ceiling Is Flat - [wow art]
Brain Scans Reveal What Dogs Really Think of Us - [science]
Rosetta Probe Lands on a Comet - [great space pics]
Climbing Icebergs: Spectacular Go-Pro Footage - [exploration]
Very Strange Tsubomi House - [architecture]
Shark Cats! Yes, Shark Cats! - [geek art]
Huge California Solar Farm Construction Site- [wow video, tech]
The Most Valuable Man on the Seas - [fascinating, article]
Oral History of "The Right Stuff" - [great article]
How to: scramble your eggs properly, Tie shoelace - [wow videos]
Gigantic, Secretive Market in France - [gallery, info]
Cymatics: Science vs. Music - [fascinating, video]
Too Many Birds on a Tree - [wow video]
Wait for it... wait for it... - [wow video]
Meanwhile in Russia - [wow videos]
Wakeboarding behind a Ferrari - [wow video]
Incredible Sound Pressure Effect on a Car Door - [wow video]
Toyota does something crazy off-road - [wow video]
Some Very Intense Wind Footage - [wow video]
Bulldog Makes Diesel Engine Sounds - [fun video]
Road Rage Prank in Korea - [fun video]
Epic Ping Pong Battle in London Underground - [fun video]
Ken Block Goes Wild in Los Angeles - [wow video]
Madburger to play, if bored - [gaming]

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

Loads of cool and rare imagery

The Surprising Complexity of Old-School Calculators - [wow tech]
Galloping, dinosaur-eating crocodiles in Sahara - [stuff of nightmares]
Ursula Le Guin's Brave Speech - [at the National Book Awards]
Insect sculptures made from the old watch parts - [geek art]
Mordor? No, Iceland! Very Beautiful - [wow nature]
California: A Dangerous Place - [wow book, highly recommended]
If you travel in Japan, you need to know this - [info, pics]
Epic World-Record Truck Jump - [wow video]
Satisfying: Industrial Wood Splitter - [cool video]
Must See Car-Ad, press "R" while watching - [wow video]
The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made - [wow video]
Japan Maglev Train, French Train Speed Record - [wow videos]
Skyscraper World's Tallest Roller Coaster - [wow video, preview]
Try this game on GamesFreak - [if bored]

	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

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	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

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	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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