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Shoving gear into a canvas sack haphazardly is a guaranteed way to fall over backward. Proper load transport requires placing the densest items flush against…
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Moving horizontally through water is absurdly inefficient for land mammals. Since humans lack fins and hydro-dynamic shapes, we have to aggressively thrash…
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Why put heavy wood in a boat when the wood naturally floats? Logging operations lash massive quantities of cut timber together to form giant, unwieldy…
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If you want to move forward, going up is structurally counterproductive. This bizarre bouncing gait combines a step and a hop, converting perfectly good…
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Similar to a palanquin but with far less privacy. You sit aggressively upright in an ornate wooden chair while two highly exhausted people carry you through…
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Rather than walking back to the driveway twice, humans will willingly cut off circulation to all ten fingers. By threading fifteen plastic bag loops onto…
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