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Biggest Burnout in History – Australia Breaks World Record!
From Youtube What do you get when you gather over 100 cars in Australia, and line em up for burnouts?? A Guinness World record baby! After the Saudi’s took the record last September, the
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Apple’s First Computer Made Sold For 450 Times The Original Price
The Apple 1 is a piece of computer history that helped launch a trillion-dollar company. These pieces of machinery are extremely rare because only 200 were made in 1976. Of those original 200, there
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The Greatest Act In Gong Show History
In 1977, the “Gong Show” featured two 17-year-old girls who ate popsicles as their talent. Censors didn’t see anything wrong with the act at rehearsal, but after it aired on the East Coast, NBC
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The Slow Death of Flash Games
From Youtube Flash games used to be everywhere, but now they are almost a dead medium. Let’s take a look at their history, and some of the best games the genre had to offer
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Visual Effects Expert Explains the History Behind Shrinking People in Movies
Downsizing visual effects supervisor James E. Price sat down with WIRED to explain the history behind shrinking people down in movies. In this timeline, Price explains the special effects techniques like forced perspective, compositing,
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The Secrets Behind Freddie Mercury’s Legendary Voice
The best vocalist in the history of rock, and possibly one of the best vocalists ever, is Freddie Mercury. But what made his voice so god. Polyphonic looks at the techniques and even actual
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Andy Serkis Gives Us the History of His Motion Capture Performances
Actor Andy Serkis, best known for his portrayal of Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and Caesar in the Planet of the Apes films, sat down with wired to share the history of
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The Economics Of Beards
A wave of fcial hair seems to be covering the U.S., with nearly 20 percent of men rocking beards. So have we reached peak beard? Author and professor Stephen Mihm takes a look back
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Preserving Video Game History
Saying that video games are just games is like saying ancient Greek myths are just myths. More than a way to waste time, they tell a story of the people that made them, the
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