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Elemental
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02 Jun 2007, 3:51 pm

Basically anything that you find interesting or cool, with no real theme. I'll start--

Fictional Chemical Substances

Fictional Diseases

Kitezh, the sunken town of Russia.

John Doe, the origins of the name and his counterparts in other nations.

Sergeant Stubby, canine hero of WW1.

The Uncanny Valley, the theory of what makes a human replica look creepy.

The Voynich Manuscript

Exploding Animals, from self-destructing ants to anti-tank dogs and whale corpses disposed of with dynamite.

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02 Jun 2007, 3:56 pm

Styx-I edited that one once :mrgreen:

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02 Jun 2007, 3:58 pm

the uncanny valley theory is interesting - perhaps that's why NTs reject us?

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02 Jun 2007, 4:05 pm

just something random for now:

T-28 Super Heavy Tank

The heaviest armored vehicle ever produced by the United States. Produced for the Second World War, it never saw combat.)

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02 Jun 2007, 4:14 pm

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02 Jun 2007, 5:25 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuition_pump

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_bloc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_suicide

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_diamond

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermosiphon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_world_phenomenon

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02 Jun 2007, 5:39 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour-separation_overlay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TARDIS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hil ... and_trivia

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02 Jun 2007, 5:43 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream

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02 Jun 2007, 5:45 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_f ... e_universe

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02 Jun 2007, 7:01 pm

jimservo wrote:

just something random for now:

T-28 Super Heavy Tank

The heaviest armored vehicle ever produced by the United States. Produced for the Second World War, it never saw combat.)

I'm more impressed by the P1500 Monster. You go down the list, it says "95 tonnes", "69 tonnes", then it gets to that, and "2500 tonnes".

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02 Jun 2007, 8:28 pm

there was a very nice one about a lonely tree in the middle of the desert, very nice reading, can't find it

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02 Jun 2007, 8:28 pm

The Wikipedia article on Roger Bannister is pretty good.

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