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It was on the water tower, or the roof of the firehouse, or a pole in the middle of town - a grey or silver drum with horns…
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In 1974 an American jury was assembled from whoever was left after a long list of occupations had been excused by statute, a selection process that in some…
An envelope with a transparent panel showing the address printed on the letter inside is such an ordinary object that the question of why it exists does not usually arise.…
On almost every wristwatch the winding crown sits on the right-hand side of the case, at roughly the three o'clock position.
The usual assumption is that this is about the…
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In the winter of 1973 buying fuel meant queuing for two or three hours, and in many states whether you could buy at all depended on whether your…
The Count Is the Same Everywhere and Nobody Mentions It
Take a crown cap off a glass bottle, turn it over and count the points around the crimped edge. There…