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3 tonne meteorite stolen in Russia
Russian news agency Interfax is reporting that thieves have stolen a three-tonne meteorite from the yard of the Tunguska Space Event foundation, whose director said it was the part of meteor that caused a massive explosion in Siberia in 1908. The massive three tonne rock was bought to Krasnoyarsk after an 2004 expedition to the…
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Art Lebedev Matryoshkus a set of six traditional Russian dolls
If asked me to list the bits and bytes in their ascending or descending order, I’ll fail the test. But here is a play-way approach to brush my (and your) skills on the units of bytes! It couldn’t get better. Matryoshkus set of six traditional Russian dolls includes bit, byte, kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte…
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Bugatti Veyron Pegaso Edition with 1200HP makes its more powerful
What does a filthy rich Russian oil baron do in Dubai? Nothing much, but just throw up a million and more for a spruced up super car – the Bugatti Veyron Pegaso Edition. In this unique color combination of Pearl White and Light Red Metallic, it stands out distinctively. But this moneyed fellow wanted more…
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First Missile Submarine in Russia, Then and How
Pictured above is the first missile carrying submarine of the then USSR, it was a subject of pride for the country and a matter of concern to the USA. Unfortunately after the collapse of the USSR the country could no longer afford to preserve the once pride of the nation. The submarine was a Golf…
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The most expensive toilet in the world purchased by NASA
A NASA spoke woman said that paying 19 million U.S. dollars for a Russian-built international space station toilet system is a bargain compared to building one from scratch. The toilet system, similar to the one already in use in the station’s Zvezda Service Module, is scheduled to arrive at the space station in 2008 and…
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Russian Armoured Vehicle from the 70’s that runs on screws
Check out this 1970 Russian armored military vehicle, which runs on a pair of giant screws.
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Russian ATM machine running pirated copy of Windows
Windows Vista may have sold millions of copies but in Soviet Russia our ATM’s run on pirated version of Windows.
