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Banksy’s Former Manager Is Releasing a Book Filled with Photos of the Artist in Action

Whether it's opening stores to spite large brands, shredding his own works or defacing currency, everything Banksy does is talked about, newsworthy and on display. The one thing that remains a closely guarded secret is the artist's identity, but that could change with his former manager / driver / dealer…

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Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House Illuminated With Lasers

If you have to ask who the hell Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is, you know bubkus about architecture and design. The man's stamp is on some of the best modern designs the world has ever seen. His minimalist and modern Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois was just decorated with…

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Thrive Motorcycle 1951 BMW R51 Restomod

Vintage "Beamer" motorcycles that are decades old still run today, and they still thrill on urban streets and open country roads, but there aren't many legendary R51s left (only 18,000 were made), and Thrive Motorcycle based in Indonesia has just restomodded one to bring it to the modern age. Using…

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Rubber Band Minigun

There are few things that check all of the childhood nostalgia boxes quite like the classic rubber band gun. In addition to being a relatively painless method of settling disputes and having some fun, rubber band guns are also great weapons of office warfare. If you want to absolutely decimate…

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LEGO Originals Wooden Minifigure

Whether you're talking about constructing your own versions of one of the wonders of the world like the Taj Mahal or the incredible Ferrari F40, you can make almost anything with LEGO. In our haste to build each one of those fantastic creations we often forget about the little guy…

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