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One of two alignment pins holding in place the reflexion disc of a light fuse.

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One of those boutique catalog items from the 70s that combined a telephone (complete with dial) with a nightstand light.

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deer of the dawn wrote:Lamprophony

One of those boutique catalog items from the 70s that combined a telephone (complete with dial) with a nightstand light.
Wow! I have an aunt&uncle who had one of those.
It was quite a stylish sitting-room candlestick phone (complete with dial), that used the earpiece and cradle for the lamp's on/off switch.

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Deficiency: the custom of treating members of the piscine species politely.


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A polite conversation about politics. (Not very popular.)


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Hitting on Han Solo.

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Laburnum: the number of people working on a job


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Title of the 3rd studio album by the Daisy Chain Gang.

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Coleoptera:a dung-eating species of dinosaur


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Bicycle-riding special agents.


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Hyperbole: a galaxy spanning football final for arboreal participants.


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A range of TV dinners produced by Esther Shapiro.
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An armor-plated dinosaur.


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Vexillology

The study of fruit flavour popsicle combinations to alleviate tension.

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Zoetrope: particularly strong braided fullerene fibres from the planet Zoet.


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Spore pods which grow on the Buckybrush found in most desert areas on Zoet. Contact with them causes the pods to pop, the released spores having a mild psychotropic effect. Known to be not too unpleasant an experience.

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Dubious 'evidence' of cryptids - Bob's quaquaversal 'Bigfoot Album' featured out-of-focus pictures of his neighbor in a Wookiee costume.


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Eidolon: failed product from the 70's: a roll-on deodorant whose USP was that it included duck feathers that adhered to your armpit. (Hmmmm! I wonder why that failed! :!: )


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The definitive travel guide for vampires and other members of the undead.


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Tetraptych

Secret organisation running books on high speed train surfers.

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