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One of my vices is spending too much time watching old US military films of nuclear tests and other propaganda-type films that have lots of info about old school rocket, electronics, and nuclear technology. This is a pretty good documentary about the construction of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line above the arctic circle by NORAD. I had read about it but didn't know there was film of it.

The DEW Line Story - YouTube

One thing the video doesn't mention is that early on they had some trouble with radar crews on the DEW line growing extra limbs. At first it was thought that this might be due to mutations caused by radiation from the radar equipment, but before long it was determined to be a simple consequence of the fact that forewarned is four-armed.

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One thing the video doesn't mention is that early on they had some trouble with radar crews on the DEW line growing extra limbs. At first it was thought that this might be due to mutations caused by radiation from the radar equipment, but before long it was determined to be a simple consequence of the fact that forewarned is four-armed.

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Absolutely one of the most amazing things I've ever seen: this guy actually recorded himself playing a Metallica song backwards on every instrument, he even sings it backwards, and then plays it back the other way so the song comes out the right way. I cannot imagine how many crazy pills this guy must take to do something like this. Playing notes backwards is hard enough, but singing backwards, too? Wow!

Also, the parts where he growls at the camera backwards are...disturbing.

 
Unbelievable! All that work and it still sounds like crap.
 
Inspired by xkcd and David Bowie.
"Space Oddity" using the 'ten hundred' most common words in English.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygrdAvmr-MA"]Space Weird Thing - YouTube[/ame]
 
How a film projector works wasn't the kind of question I thought to ask, but hey, now I know:)

 
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