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Announcing!
Okay, you've ID'd your i-tem and, article a'hand, attempt to decipher where in the hell to post the thing -- clearly, or at least to your own satisfaction, you feel it very likely belongs in Bizarre and Off-Beat News forum but you're reluctant to go through the whole thread-posting rigmarole WHICH CAN TAKE MONTHS (not really); so where to drop the peculiarly interesting li'l thing??
Right HERE, I say.
Example: (from Daily Mail, conveniently enough; for lotsa this stuff just might be of a tabloidy kind of nature)
Spectacles for horses, bicycle railways and a steam powered-man: wacky
Victorian inventions that really should have stayed on the drawing board
The story and the cool b/w illustrations at DM link above.
Okay, you've ID'd your i-tem and, article a'hand, attempt to decipher where in the hell to post the thing -- clearly, or at least to your own satisfaction, you feel it very likely belongs in Bizarre and Off-Beat News forum but you're reluctant to go through the whole thread-posting rigmarole WHICH CAN TAKE MONTHS (not really); so where to drop the peculiarly interesting li'l thing??
Right HERE, I say.
Example: (from Daily Mail, conveniently enough; for lotsa this stuff just might be of a tabloidy kind of nature)
Spectacles for horses, bicycle railways and a steam powered-man: wacky
Victorian inventions that really should have stayed on the drawing board
⁍ Caroline Rochford uncovered the illustrations in a rare magazine collection
⁍ Remarkable black-and-white images which have been compiled into a book
⁍ Hand-grenade fire extinguisher and a flying machine among those pictured
⁍ A bicycle railway and a steam-powered man pulling carts filled with people
The story and the cool b/w illustrations at DM link above.