What are these facilities called and what are they used for? Although these things have been around for a while, its at the center of media attention recently.

Close up of the walls in 1

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No, not a new video format. 3 guest questions today, all sent in by Dibyo. Thanks a lot sire and apologies about the late post. You get 3 shiny trophies for this!

Rules: One point per correct answer. Get at least one right to count for your run-length.

1. Put details about this funky image.

2. a is Japan’s favorite, b is Russia’s favorite and c is Mexico’s favorite. What are these microscopic images of?

a.

b.

c.

3. Identify, and connect to hottest marketing meme around.

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It’s everyone’s favourite quizmaster’s birthday today.

Happy birthday Mr. Devadutta!

PS: be sure to refresh boiledbeans today :-) Ctrl-F5 for you Firefox users.

Thanks a lot for the wishes people! I wanted to give out free points to all those who wished me, but Srikanth said no :)

Identify the movie:

Clue:

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This bridge looks funky, but is built to achieve something in particular. What special functionality does this bridge achieve?

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What’s the story connecting these 3:

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Who connects…

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Identify the device and what it’s up to:

Cracked by everyone, I think.

Bharath, Shwetha Maiya, dineshk, Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, Rogi, Raghuvansh, Ananth, Dibyo, Logik, Thejas V R, raklodramA, lanu, Rahulk, Qbrain, Jean Valjean, varuns88, krudebox, udupendra and Vinay Hegde

In 2006, 1 (in)famously made controversial claims about Wikipedia. 2 rebuked it with class. Identify 2 and tell us what 1’s controversial claims were.

2 is one of the early employees of a very popular website.

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Another Guest Question from Rogi! Thanks!

Identify

Hint:

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