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World Record Quest Has a Roadmap for an Expedition That Hasn't Started

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A published pre-departure plan for a 40,350-kilometre, 28-country journey combining a solar-electric car, an electric unicycle, local record attempts, community cooking and public evidence.

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This is unusually concrete expedition design: 29 record files, a stage-by-stage roadbook, six planned vehicle transfers and an editable route that openly marks its 0 completed kilometres. Its most credible detail may be the disclaimer that the records, dates and route are working plans—not achievements—while the project builds the evidence system first.

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Thirty Patents for the Grave

August 13’s newborn domains include 30 safety-coffin patents, lost notices for false teeth and a box of hair, short films playing in 100 Tokyo taxis, and a Queensland river view arranged gauge by gauge downstream.

This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-13 Domain Arrivals issue.

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The Museum of Hopeful Machines museumofhopefulmachines.com

An illustrated archive of ingenious machines whose promises exceeded their proof, drawn from historical patent records.

 The Hollowfield Institute Catalogues Things That Never Happened hollowfieldinstitute.com

A fictional Washington archive documents genuine American folklore, including hoaxes, sightings, and the people who kept writing them down.

 TAXIATER: The Festival That Turns Taxis into Cinemas taxiater.com

TAXIATER is a Japanese short-film festival that uses screens in 100 Tokyo taxis as a moving cinema.