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Video: The ten greatest inventions of Nikola Tesla

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The brilliant mind of Nikola Tesla created hundreds of successful inventions, several of which would end up literally changing the world.

Although he was awarded 300 patents for his inventions, many of his ideas were decades ahead of their time so they never really panned out in the commercial sense.

However, several of the ones that did pan out are still in widespread use today, eight decades years after his passing.  [Read more…]

Video: Could this be the most snow you have ever seen?

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If you enjoy watching it snow and getting out in it after it stops falling, you’re going to love this video.

One winter day it began snowing in the tiny community of Soda Springs, California. It snowed and snowed, then snowed some more.

To the folks who live there, it seemed like the snow would never stop falling.  [Read more…]

Is this really the loneliest road in America?

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Do you enjoy taking long road trips just to check out the scenery and visit places you’ve never been to before?

Or perhaps you’re the adventurous type and you just love taking off for parts unknown?

If so, you’re certainly not alone. Every year millions of Americans hit the road and travel long distances, both for work and pleasure.  [Read more…]

Classic comedy: ‘Who’s On First’

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

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As I mentioned here, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were the most popular and most highly paid comedians of their era (the 1940s and early 1950s).

This hilarious due created and performed some of the most famous comedy routines in entertainment history, including a true classic that seems to never get old…

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Ever wonder why no one smiled in old photographs?

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If you’ve ever looked through a stack of old photographs from the 19th and early 20th century you surely noticed something very odd…

None (or at least very few) of the people in those vintage photos were smiling.

In fact, they all looked like they had just lost the winning Powerball ticket.

So what’s up with that? Was life in those times so difficult that people just didn’t feel happy enough to smile?  [Read more…]