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  1. Crane lifting a massive marine diesel engine - GIF

    Started by Altair, Apr 9, 2023 10:27 AM
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  2. Laser bending in a stream of water - GIF

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  3. Scaffolding collapses, damaging vehicles - GIF

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  4. Tracer rounds bouncing off water surface - GIF

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  5. Landing ship torn apart by torpedoes - GIF

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  6. Machining sprockets in the third world - video

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  7. Sheep dipping cage - GIF

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  8. Man nearly crushed by tree - GIF

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  9. Testing precast concrete pipes in the 1920s - photo

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  10. Lighting a sparkler stuck into a citrus fruit - GIF

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  11. Recreating a wrench patented in 1919 - video

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  12. USS Missouri battleship and submarine - photo

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  13. Cracker cooling line - GIF

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  14. Double arm amputee fixing car door - GIF

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  16. Building an industrial pipe bender - video

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  17. 1920s roller skates - GIF

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  18. U.K.'s last aerial ropeway - video

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