Laughing Squid August 12, 2024
A 1997 BBC Report on the Viability of Internet Shopping Featuring a Young Jeff Bezos
The BBC Money Programme spoke with early internet retailers like Jeff Bezos to see if internet shopping would ever be viable.
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Art Instructor Draws Clever Images With His Finger on the Windows of Dirty Cars
Kundan Chowdhury of the Chandan Art Academy in West Bengal, India, draws clever art with his finger on the windows of dirty cars.
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Artist Uses a Simple Iron to Press Incredible Portraits Into Tulle Fabric
Artist Benjamin Shine uses an iron to press tulle fabric into incredible portrait sculptures that either stand alone or attached to clothing.
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Whimsical Hand-Carved Wooden Automata Toys
Italian artist Amedeo Capelli of Stoccafisso Design creates wonderfully whimsical wooden mechanical automata toys that he carves by hand.
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Vivid Examples of Color Autochrome Photography From the Early 20th Century
Kings and Things looked at the early use of autochrome color photography in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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How the Oldest Map of the World Was Restored
British Museum curator Dr. Irving Finkel held up an ancient clay cuneiform tablet, explaining it was the oldest map in the world.
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