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The One Dollar Counterfeiter(amusingplanet.com)

321 points by cainxinth 5 months ago | 132 comments

Amusing Planet article on Emerich Juettner, an elderly New York immigrant who printed crude fake one-dollar bills for nearly a decade before the Secret Service caught him.

London to Calcutta by Bus (2022)(amusingplanet.com)

111 points by CGMthrowaway 6 months ago | 31 comments

The first airplane fatality(amusingplanet.com)

79 points by Hooke 7 months ago | 20 comments

How the Atomic Tests Looked Like from Los Angeles(amusingplanet.com)

124 points by ohjeez 11 months ago | 84 comments

The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine(amusingplanet.com)

34 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 4 comments

The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine(amusingplanet.com)

2 points by see-also 1 year ago | 0 comments

Aqua Tofana: The 17th Century Husband Killer(amusingplanet.com)

52 points by gappy 1 year ago | 17 comments

The Sundial Cannon of Åtvidaberg (2017)(amusingplanet.com)

60 points by choult 2 years ago | 27 comments

Blackhouses of Scotland(amusingplanet.com)

93 points by yamrzou 2 years ago | 35 comments

Vladimir Lukyanov's Water Computer (2019)(amusingplanet.com)

42 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 11 comments

Nedelin Catastrophe: The Worst Space-Related Disaster(amusingplanet.com)

34 points by Hooke 3 years ago | 3 comments

Sao Paulo: A city with no outdoor advertisements (2013)(amusingplanet.com)

659 points by pmoriarty 3 years ago | 376 comments

Amusing Planet article from 2013 about São Paulo's 2006 Clean City Law, which banned billboards and most outdoor advertising in the city.