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Despite sounding like a punchline, this tiny component keeps the entire wheel from collapsing into a sad metal taco. Each thin wire spoke is held to the rim…
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To avoid using actual vehicles, some neighborhoods organize literal human chains where highly stressed adults herd a blob of brightly colored kids down the…
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Tightly packing youths between highly padded seats works shockingly well at keeping them exactly in place during an impact. Instead of strapping everyone…
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Without a giant hunk of concrete strapped to the back, these massive lifting towers would instantly tip over. The entire system relies on keeping gravity…
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After successfully surviving a chaotic sprint down a frozen maze, somebody eventually has to stop the bullet. The brakeman, sitting miserably at the very back…
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Early bikes forced your legs to spin constantly as long as the wheels were turning, which was awful on steep hills. The freewheel introduced a ratchet…
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