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		JKCalhoun 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rock Tumbler Instructions I hope you didn't buy Sea Monkeys next.

throwup238 14 days ago [–]

Or XRay Specs

Tempat1 14 days ago | | [–]

Fun fact: Both were invented by the same guy, Harold Nathan Braunhut.

JKCalhoun 14 days ago | | | [–]

Wow, that guy is a piece of work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_von_Braunhut

aitchnyu 12 days ago | | | [–]

While we are on the topic of famous and bad inventions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.

homeonthemtn 13 days ago | | | | [–]

Rather abrupt shift in topic in that article

IAmBroom 12 days ago | | [–]

Nothing compared to the 6-foot glow-in-the-dark skeleton (actually a folded plastic poster) or the Submarine! (ditto).

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