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 * ... that the electric flash-lamp, a photographer's light source, was used as an underwater mine detonator fuse?
 * ... that American aircraft designer Clyde Vernon Cessna's most famous inventions included the cantilever wing and the V-shaped tail configuration?
 * ... that Linimo (pictured) in Aichi, Japan, claims to be the world's first commercial automated "Urban Maglev" train, but it has to be shut down when it is too windy?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2009/July, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2007/May, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2006/April, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.