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#4301
12-30-2018, 07:59 PM
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#4302
12-30-2018, 07:59 PM
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#4303
12-30-2018, 10:25 PM
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 65 years ago on December 30, 1953, Admiral and RCA put the first color televisions up for sale. At the time, TV itself was only a few years old, less than half of U.S. homes had a TV, and there was barely any color programming to watch and wouldn’t be for nearly a decade.
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#4304
12-31-2018, 10:25 AM
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#4305
12-31-2018, 11:36 PM
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 Around the world, the Times Square ball drop is considered the official countdown to the New Year - so much so, in fact, that nearly one billion people tune in to watch the ceremony every year, according to the official Times Square website
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#4306
12-31-2018, 11:36 PM
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 The ball weighs 11,875 pounds. From afar, it can be hard to tell just how massive the time ball really is: 12 feet in diameter. Today's ball is also covered with nearly 3,000 Waterford Crystal triangles and more than 32,000 LED lights.
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#4307
12-31-2018, 11:51 PM
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 This photo was taken someplace in Phoenix, AZ. Anyone know where?
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#4308
12-31-2018, 11:54 PM
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 The world's largest-known round, D-color, flawless 102.34-carat diamond pictured here at Sotheby's in the U.K.
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#4309
01-01-2019, 12:02 AM
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 The A-10's cockpit is surrounded by a 1,200 pound titanium "bathtub" to protect the pilot.
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#4310
01-01-2019, 12:03 AM
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 Many A-10s have a false canopy painted on the belly of the aircraft to confuse enemy forces about the attitude of the aircraft.
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