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Meet Mr. Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the AK-47 that bears his last name.

Mr Kalashnikov invented the AK-47 after being shot by German soldiers during World War II. It is the weapon of choice for gangsters and guerrillas all over the world.
A staggering 100 million AKs have been produced so far. Easy to use and maintain, they are said to be responsible for more deaths than the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Mr Kalashnikov recently said he wished he had invented the lawn-mower instead.

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What happens when a jet had to do an emergency landing on US 405 freeway?

Checkout this short movie made by Bruce Branit and Jeremy Hunt. http://www.405themovie.com/ (Thanks Pax!)

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Colin Bain of Durham University and Christopher Mellor of the National Institute for Medical Research have created an "optical matter" array.

Basically, this type of matter is held together only by light. Link

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See also a pic of Anthony unwrapping the elephant and more cool art at Sculpture by the Sea.

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There's a good reason why you shouldn't wear a seal costume near a polar bear... http://www.office-humour.co.uk/item.cfm?itm=3695

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Dan Veeneman collects old, er vintage calculators and computers.

He's always looking for those missing from his collection, so if you've got an ancient calculator lying around, see if he wants it.

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This thing that looks like a crumpled piece of paper is actually Julian's origami chair! http://www.julianmayor.com/product.htm

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See more of Taylor's whimsical artwork here: Link

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TankKiller's got an awesome collection of fighter squadron patches (some, as you can see are very weird!). Link

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Inspired by Babbage Difference Engine, Andrew built his Difference Engine that can compute 2nd or 3rd order polynomials to 3 or 4 digits.

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From the website:

Chinese artist Wang Qingsong sits in the shop window of Selfridges. Wang has created an installation across the entire run of Selfridges front shop windows entitled `Follow Me`, which employs motifs and symbols of popular culture inspired by the global appetite for shopping.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C01%5C24%5Cstory_24-1-2006_pg9_2

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