Inventors have long tried to cheat the laws of physics. From quirky toys to impossible contraptions, these are the strangest ...

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Naval history is full of bizarre experiments; some driven by innovation, others by desperation. From Japan's Ise-class battleship-carriers to Iran's ballistic missile "Q-ship," Shahid Mahdavi, the ...