Today, there are only two operating mints that produce coins in the United States. The Denver Mint and Philadelphia Mint. The amount of coins that the Denver Mint can produce daily is jaw-dropping. How many coins do you think can be made inside of the wall of the Denver Mint? If you ...
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s about creating something that becomes an emotional experience.” Zimmer has often developed sounds for cars and vehicles to form the acoustic background of films – sounds that could be plausible but were in fact purely made up – such as with the Batmobile. How did he go a...
This ninja Valentine box only requires a few simple supplies, and you probably already have many of them on hand! Tools and Supplies Needed for a Ninja Valentine Box Here’s what I used to create the ninja Valentine box… Black Kraft paper Hole punch Transparent tape Scissors Scrapbook paper...
The '90s were a time of economic prosperity, job growth, and increased productivity that paved the way for a technological revolution. Although some of this growth was due to political strategy, many factors could be considered “lucky mistakes” or unpredictable. For instance, Clinton's effort ...
The roads that run along the French Riviera are less useful now than they once were: many of Monaco's most regular visitors elect to fly in by helicopter or charter a yacht to Port Hercule (which hosts the Foire de Monaco fairground from October through to November). There are 50 helicopt...
No engine is likely to generate superluminal speeds; the laws of physics prevent us from doing that, but we will be able to go many times faster than our current propulsion methods allow. A matter-antimatter engine will take us far beyond our solar system and let us reach nearbystarsin...
In many ways too, The People's Joker was just a giant chaos magic ritual. It feels like the story that I told in that movie is still kind of unfolding around me. The entire third act of The People's Joker is very close to what I went through at TIFF. Thematically, a lot of the...
Many of the design flaws of the first Death Star were corrected in Death Star II, including its Achilles heel -- the thermal exhaust ports. Instead of relying on several large vent ports that led directly to the station's main reactor, Death Star II was designed with network of variably ...
Eccentric, vibrant and a tad acerbic, sister of writer Frank Hardy and Great Aunt of opinion-dropper Marieke Hardy, entertainer Mary Hardy was a familiar figure on radio and TV to many Australians in the 1960s and 70s. My mother, who, it must be said, held certain snooty bourgeois pretens...