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Re:Rock Tumbler Instructions by JKCalhoun on Saturday October 25, 2025 @01:45PM (#45705658)
I hope you didn't buy Sea Monkeys next.
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Re:Rock Tumbler Instructions by throwup238 on Saturday October 25, 2025 @03:46PM (#45706469)
Or XRay Specs
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Re:Rock Tumbler Instructions by Tempat1 on Saturday October 25, 2025 @05:51PM (#45707290)
Fun fact: Both were invented by the same guy, Harold Nathan Braunhut.
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Re:Rock Tumbler Instructions by JKCalhoun on Saturday October 25, 2025 @06:26PM (#45707471)
Wow, that guy is a piece of work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_von_Braunhut

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Re:Rock Tumbler Instructions by homeonthemtn on Sunday October 26, 2025 @08:11AM (#45711115)
Rather abrupt shift in topic in that article
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Re:Rock Tumbler Instructions by aitchnyu on Monday October 27, 2025 @06:18AM (#45719256)
While we are on the topic of famous and bad inventions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley_Jr.

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Re:Rock Tumbler Instructions by IAmBroom on Monday October 27, 2025 @03:21PM (#45725182)
Nothing compared to the 6-foot glow-in-the-dark skeleton (actually a folded plastic poster) or the Submarine! (ditto).
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