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Harrison Ford is Auctioning Off Han Solo’s Jacket

The former RCA Corporation introduced a snap-in plastic insert known as a spider to make 45 rpm records compatible with the smaller spindle size of a 33⅓ rpm LP record player. Commissioned by RCA president David Sarnoff and invented by Thomas Hutchison, spiders were prevalent in the 1960s and sold tens of millions per year. [more]

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The Eiffel Tower opened on this day (March 31st) in 1889 as the entrance arch to the Exposition Universelle. Here it is eleven years later all decked out for L’ Exposition de Paris (1900)

While spending a record 340 days in space, the American spaceman snapped some pretty breathtaking views

Have a spook-tacular day! 

Photograph by Julian Broad

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“Paris is known for its typography,” Louise Fili told The Huffington Post via email. “One needs only to look at the Metro – the signage is iconic.” The award-winning graphic designer has encapsulated her passion for Parisian signs in a book, Graphique de la Rue: The Signs of Paris.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you.