A historical Pachinko machine, a relative of Francis Galton's Quincunx and the AAKKOZZLL, and the predecessor of the widely popular amusement in today's Japan. Click here for more info – photo by Gnsin.

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The laws of thermodynamics control the rise and fall of political systems, the freedom or bondage of nations, the movements of commerce and industry, the origins of wealth and poverty, and the general physical welfare of the human race.

Frederick Soddy, Nobel Laureate, Chemistry