Freies Leben
Freies Leben was a German naturist magazine devoted to what it called free living and life reform.
Fiat Tagliero Building
The Fiat Tagliero Building in Asmara, Eritrea, is a Futurist-style service station completed in 1938 and designed by the Italian engineer Giuseppe Pettazzi. Conceived as a simple petrol station, Pettazzi designed a building that resembles an aeroplane incorporating a central tower with office space, cashiers desk and shop — and supporting a pair of 15 meter cantilevered, reinforced concrete wings. The building remains structurally sound and has not been damaged during numerous conflicts affecting the Horn of Africa during the twentieth century.
FMR
FMR is a magazine published by the Renaissance man Franco Maria Ricci. First published in 1982, it acts as a model for perfection, presenting noteworthy art historical studies without being pedantic. Its past contributors include Italo Calvino and Jorge Luis Borges.
Fire balloon
The fire balloon was a weapon launched by Japan during World War II. They were designed as a cheap weapon intended to make use of the jet stream over the Pacific Ocean and wreak havoc on Canadian and American cities, forests, and farmland.
Fox tossing
Fox tossing was a popular competitive blood sport in parts of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, which involved throwing live foxes and other animals high into the air. Expert tossers could achieve throws of as high as 7.5 meters.
Feszty Panorama
Feszty Panorama, is a large circular panoramic painting by Hungarian painter Árpád Feszty. The painting is nearly 15 meter tall and almost 120 meter in length.
Feather painting
Painting on feathers was a 19th-century seafaring tradition. They were painted on the long voyages to give to family as a keepsake.
FSO Syrena
The Syrena was a Polish automobile model first exhibited at the Pozna Trade Fair in 1955.
Fonthill Abbey
Fonthill Abbey was the stuff of legend in its day and much admired by the great romantic painters Constable and Turner. Walled and girdled round and closed to visitors, it intrigued the regency public; so much so that when it was first put up for sale through Christie's in 1822, between 600 and 700 people a day traipsed through its soaring mock-medieval halls, gawping up to the plaster vaulting at the top of its wobbly tower. In all, at least 7,200 people paid a guinea each for a catalogue that gave admission to the abbey. It was the Disneyland of its day.
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.