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  1. Antique treadle-powered lathe - photo

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  2. Collapsing railcar during multi-forklift unloading - video

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  3. When Oregon blew up a whale - video

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  4. NASA mobile launcher moving after recent hurricane - GIF

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  5. Chiller compressor cutaway - photo

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  6. Homemade brass oil dipper with inset coin - video

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  7. Sandia blast tube - video and photo

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  8. Extremely fast wonton hand wrapping technique - GIF

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  9. Victorian radiator plate warmer - photo

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  10. Large boat crashes into dock - GIF

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  11. Gyroscopic grilling - GIF

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  12. Paternoster elevator - GIF

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  13. Rotating a 30,000 ton bus terminal - GIF

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  14. Hurricane Dorian crane collapse - GIF

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  15. Thread rolling cylindrical dies - GIF

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  16. Sweep auger empties out grain bin - GIF

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  17. 1952 subway tunnel cleaning machine - photo

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