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6 Comments:
re: "Test tubes for the aspiring mad scientist":
did someone actually make the ancient egyptian 'thingy' seen here?:
http://ancientx.com/images/sued1_big.jpg
The London panorama is great!!
Thanks!
Wow, Jon - I think you're onto something!
Jon, Thats amazing.
I remember seeing the man with the sewing machine in a National Geographic
Re: Strange assembly in Portland, Oregon. What does it do?
(probably some kind of an air duct)
It's a dust collector assembly, most likely to collect sawdust.
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