stackyFACTSBefore endless playlists, we trusted giant brightly lit furniture to carefully handle fragile music. The internal mechanism of a classic jukebox is a marvel of complex physics, using a massive carousel and a motorized pincer arm to physically snatch a record, slap it on a turntable, and drop the needle.
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