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“Olfactory training of bees has been used to locate mines and weapons of mass destruction. The Hybrid Insect Micro Electromechanical Systems (HI-MEMS) program is aimed at developing technology to provide control over insect locomotion, just as reins are needed for effective control over horse locomotion.”
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John VI of Portugal was hard of hearing, so he had a throne built whose leonine arms captured sound and directed it to a listening tube. John died of arsenic poisoning, so apparently the chair did not catch the most important bits of court gossip.
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hell yes
Edward Gorey and a giant teddy bear
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