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The regular chair (1890)

Flashcard-based shock therapy (1932)

The Temperate Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968)

Low-Battery-Warning Light Orchestra (1970)

Breakin’ 2: Leisurely Boogaloo (1984)

Dr. Frankenstein’s assemblage of various motionless organs (1931)

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