Australian artist Peter ‘Pook’ Cook spent 10 to 12 years creating an organic tree-chair using gradual branch redirection. Pooktre, a tree-shaping system developed with partner Becky Northey, produces five unique furniture pieces yearly, including coffee tables, bed-ends, candelabras, and human-shaped trees. The process takes 7-12 years before harvest, resulting in sturdy, waste-free furnishings. British designer […]
Ford Aurora II: Bold 1960s Design Innovation
The Ford Aurora II never reached the market, likely due to a failure to meet safety regulations. However, its innovative wrap-around couch and the 180° swiveling passenger seat stand as some of the boldest design feats of the 1960s. Interestingly, the Aurora II also featured other groundbreaking ideas such as a rear-facing third row of […]
Limousines are made from cars being…
Limousines are made from cars being cut in half instead of just making the limo. One exception is the presidential limousines. They are built from the factory so that they can integrate all of the secret security technology.
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There is a German founded village in Jamaica
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Soup Nazi
Actor Larry Thomas was paid $2,610.00 for playing the “Soup Nazi” on Seinfeld but since then has earned his living from autograph shows, personal appearances and Cameo.
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Road scouts
It used to be a job to drive around the country, constantly, driving and measuring every road, grade, elevation, and distance, in order to keep road maps updating accurately every two weeks. “Road scouts” would drive enough miles in a year to make multiple trips to the moon.
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Boontling
The town of Booneville, California created its own “language” called Boontling around the turn of the turn of 20th century. Fewer than 100 speakers remain.
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A species of mushroom that grows in the…
A species of mushroom that grows in the northern hemisphere can get people high, but some other chemicals in the mushroom also make you very ill. However if a reindeer eats the mushrooms, the illness producing toxins are filtered out but the hallucinogen survives in the reindeer urine. It’s called Amanita Muscaria, aka Fly Agaric […]
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A guy drove 3.25 million miles with…
A guy drove 3.25 million miles with his Volvo that he bought in 1966 until his death in 2018.
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Vincent Speranza made a beer…
Vincent Speranza made a beer run for a wounded buddy during the Battle of the Bulge that became a legend in Belgium and he did not find out until 65 years later.
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