Project Babylon
Project Babylon was a project commissioned by the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to build a series of superguns. The design was based on research from the 1960s Project HARP led by the Canadian artillery expert Gerald Bull.
Fortune fish
The Fortune Teller Miracle Fish is a novelty item or kid's toy. It is a small red plastic fish that will move when you place it in your hand.
Bob Beamon
Bob Beamon is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his long-standing world record in the long jump at the Mexico Olympics in 1968, which remained the world record for 23 years.
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi is a maverick politician and media mogul.
Pizza spinning
Pizza spinning is the fine art of spinning pizza dough.
Fakaofo
Fakaofo is a South Pacific Ocean atoll. The actual land area is only about 3 km².
Schienenzeppelin
The Schienenzeppelin or rail zeppelin was an experimental railcar which resembles a zeppelin airship in appearance. Propulsion was by means of an airplane propeller located at the rear, and only a single example was ever built.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table is a collection of essays written by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. The essays take the form of a chiefly one-sided dialogue between the unnamed Author and the other residents of a New England boarding house who are known only by their profession, location at the table or other defining characteristics. The topics discussed range from an essay on the unexpected benefits of old age to the finest place to site a dwelling and comments on the nature of conversation itself. The tone of the book is distinctly Yankee and takes a comic approach to the subject matter.
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard was a French caricaturist.
Newton’s Illustrated
Between 1985 and 1995 Helmut Newton published his most powerful pictures in his own magazine, Helmut Newton's Illustrated. Only four issues were ever published.