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 * ... that Tingmissartoq, Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Lockheed Sirius, was so christened by an Eskimo boy in Greenland, and that its name means "one who flies like a big bird"?
 * ... that an electronic gear-shifting system for bicycles can shift faster than a traditional mechanical system and calibrate itself to minimize maintenance?
 * ... that in 1966, Heinz Waaske created the smallest 135 film camera made to that date, the Rollei 35 (pictured)?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2006/November, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2010/February, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2007/October, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.