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What’s the blacked out word? And what’s the story?

PS: Is this what you call irony? Not sure. I always get confused. I’d call it satire. I’d probably be wrong. Oh well.

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Very borderline geeky…

This picture was taken during the opening of the institute of physics at the University of Lund in Sweden in 1951. What are these two people looking at?

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Plaintext question for today.

1. Created in 1968. Brought life back into a dying brand.
2. They are made from 6 individual parts of ABS.
3. Started with a cop, a fireman, a nurse, and astronauts.
4. The most expensive one ever was made of gold, and was a model of C3P0
5. Globally, 3.9 are sold per second

What am I talking about?

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Edit: It should be 1978, and not 1968. My bad. Points given to anyone who mentioned Lego.

Sitter.

Identify and connect 1 to the point A in 2

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Bayeux Tapestry showing the king begin told of what?

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In one word, what connects:

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Explain how the “thing” is defying gravity in the copper tube.

Video Link for the flash challenged.

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