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Frank Gehry Is The Wrong Architect To Revitalise The Los Angeles River
Last month Los Angeles was promised $US1.3 billion in US federal funding to transform its river from a cinematic cement chute to an honest-to-goodness urban waterway. That great news has been eclipsed by today’s puzzling announcement that the city has tapped architect Frank Gehry to lead the redevelopment. It’s a really bad idea.
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The Man Who Invented Corn Flakes Really Hated Masturbation
We know John H. Kellogg as the man who invented Corn Flakes and unleashed bran-filled diet fads on an unwary 19th century public. But he was also the author of an influential sex education book that was all about the dangers of self-pleasuring.
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Some Genius Turned Fisher Price Cassette Player Into A Bluetooth Speaker
If you still own a Fisher Price cassette player, it’s probably buried deep in some ’80s nostalgia-filled corner of your closet. But where most of us see a beloved electronic fossil, Matt Gruskin saw a retro-styled Bluetooth speaker.
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This Scale Replica Mine-Clearing M4 Sherman Tank Is Made From LEGO
Built by LEGO enthusiast Tommy Styrvoky, this remote-controlled M4 Sherman Crab required two months of work to complete and comes in at 1/18th the size of the real deal. There’s a lot more to it than its mostly featureless grey exterior would have you believe — under the hood are seven motors powering everything from…