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    Dr. Evil Genius is eagerly anticipating the Year of the Black Rainbow: I have lived in this city nearly all my life and I haven't really given a crap about the cars since the first of the "new" 6 trains were introduced. N... more »
    Hiphopopotamus: MTA Fun Fact!: The leftover scrap metal is mixed with mulch and unsold Favre Jets jerseys to create the G Train. more »
    CutePuppyz: Some of the subway cars like the R line specifically are from 1989. Just look for the metal plate inside the car under the car #. more »
    PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: I was always under the impression that I was riding in a very old aging fleet of these while visiting NYC. I had no idea they were continuously making... more »
    Gordonium: Wow, I had no idea roofs rocked so hard! I'll be sure to whip out my iTouch and play some instrumental rock next time I'm roofing or installing my nex... more »
    madog: Metal detectors are extremely common, if not mandated, for food factories. Machines break all the time and can get into the product. more »
    ThisCharmingMan: And people ask why I'm a vegetarian... more »
    mclark2112: I have toured may of he meat packing plants in the Philly area. All were very clean and interesting to watch. Even saw them making scrapple and hot do... more »
    jacobestes: This video is a joke. When he talks about testing for safety, it shows a man measuring a frozen patty with calipers as if it could be too big and some... more »
    bandarkf: Of course it's made that way. Im actually very impressed at the cleanliness and attention paid by the factory. It makes me want to eat at McDonald's e... more »
    crsh1976: No matter how gross it may seem, seeing even the most humane slaughterhouse would turn a stomach upside down. Most of us naively forgot and have no id... more »
    TheWoolMonster: How else did you think a dead chopped up, minced up cow would look? I'd be interested to see anyone make a burger from start to finish look any better... more »
    LordGriffin: I don't even LIKE McDonalds, but watching all that meat go by is making me hungry! more »
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    P3nnst8r: Made right down the street from me! Just Born, Bethlehem, PA FTW! more »
    Curves: I have some Peeps stashed in my closet for the coming holiday and even though I tied the bag shut and closed the door, I hear them calling.....those a... more »
    92BuickLeSabre: Peeps were my single favorite food from about 1989-2004. more »
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  • #factories

    Inside the NYC Subway Car Factory

    I ride on one of these every day, and I had no idea how they were made. They're tested in an artificial thunderstorm in Brazil! All to keep things quiet while hobos sleep. So thoughtful. [National Geographic via GadgetLab]
  • #food

    A Tour of McDonald's Horrifying Mechanized Meat Factories

    If you're curious about large-scale meat-processing machinery and sanitation procedures, definitely watch this video. If you ever, ever want to eat fast food again, maybe don't. More »
  • #easter

    How Peeps Are Born

    Peeps taste like the foam rubber inside Temperpedic mattresses, but enough people devour the surprisingly-useful marshmallow birdies that they're reborn every Easter. The Tribune shows us the industrial womb they're born in via photogallery. [Tribune]
  • #jets

    Where Russian MiG Fighter Jets Are Born

    Ah, detènte. Even though Russia still loves to stick it in our eye whenever they get the chance, at least now we can look inside their MiG fighter jet factory. More »
  • #iotd

    Zipper Blitz

    A group of hands unintentionally wave hello from a zipper factory in China. See more amazing shots of people at work by hitting the link. UPDATED [The Big Picture and AP]
  • #factorytour

    How Frozen Pizzas Are Made (Singularity and One Badass Sauce Gun)

    The BBC has a fantastic, 3-minute clip touring a frozen pizza factory that manufactures 2 million pizzas a week. There's something about precision, large-scale automation, even when the technology isn't necessary cutting edge, that's even more telling of our technological place in the world than sleek touchscreen phones and GPS navigators. Notice the eerie lack of humans, the cold airshot of sauce onto crust and the phallic towers of pepperoni being diced to scraps by machines. Has Man sold his soul to the robots so soon? And just for some crappy frozen pizzas? [BBC via MAKE]
  • #factories

    A Look at How Globes Are Made

  • #dell

    Dell to Sell Most or All of Its Factories in 18 Months

  • #portablemedia

    Apple Releases Report on iPod Sweatshop Factory Conditions