Helmar Lerski
Helmar Lerski was a photographer whose work was as striking as the Fayum mummy portraits.
José Mindlin
José Mindlin was a Brazilian lawyer, businessperson and bibliophile, born to Ukrainian Jewish parents. He was the owner of the largest private library in Latin America, with more than 38,000 titles.
Pykrete
Pykrete is a composite material made of approximately 14 percent sawdust or some other form of wood pulp and 86 percent ice by weight. Its use was proposed during World War II by Geoffrey Pyke to the British Royal Navy as a candidate material for making a huge, unsinkable aircraft carriers.
Laser harp
A laser harp is an electronic musical instrument consisting of several laser beams to be blocked, in analogy with the plucking of the strings of a harp, in order to produce sounds.
Rudolf Nureyev
Rudolf Nureyev was a Russian ballet dancer.
Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland was a fashion editor with an incredible personality.
Matsuda 2809
Matsuda 2809 are the glasses Linda Hamilton wore in Terminator 2.
Cordoba fighting dog
The Cordoba fighting dog is an extinct breed of dog. The Cordoba was a crossbreed of Mastiff, Bull Terrier, Boxer, and Old English Bulldog. The Cordoba Fighting Dog originated in Córdoba, Argentina. The breed had such strong aggression toward other dogs that the males and females would rather fight than mate. In addition, many members of this breed died in the dog fighting pits, contributing to the breed's extinction.
C.R. Cockerell
C.R. Cockerell was an English architect.
Bud Ekins
Bud Ekins was one of the foremost stuntmen of his generation. He is known to most as the actor who jumped the fence on a disguised Triumph TR6 Trophy 650cc motorcycle in The Great Escape, and who drove the Ford Mustang 390 GT in Bullitt. He also coordinated the stunts for the popular 1970s motorcycle cop show CHiPs.