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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Miscellanies

Ten Miscellanies

The World's Oldest Guitar has been attributed to Belchior Diaz, a Portugese builder who probably made the instrument around 1590.

Wife Swapping Swinger's Orgy Porgy Party (Audio Stag, AS1004, 1971) Oh, music from those heady days of 1971.

Patent number 1,867,377, issued to Otto Frederick Rohwedder on July 12, 1932.

Renaming products to match their qualities - Honest Products at Worth 1000.

Sexy people, a celebration of The Perfect Portrait. Use Caution When Viewing!

A large collection of long forgotten pictures of Japan by Rob Oechsle, a photographer from Okinawa.

Ashrita Furman currently holds more than 75 Guinness records, including the official record for holding the most records. Since setting his first record of 27,000 jumping jacks in 1979, Ashrita has broken more than 180 records overall. His records include "Pushing a 4150 lb. Van, the fastest mile" (21 min 8 sec.) and 'Rolling the Largest Hula Hoop", 16 feet 5 inches in diameter.

The design of the Olympic medals through the years.

Recommended storage times for refrigerators and freezers.

How Robert P. McCulloch bought a London Bridge in 1969 and transported it to the Arizona desert.








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