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2. Monogram (company) - Wikipedia

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   Monogram was founded in Chicago in 1945, making balsa wood model kits of ships and airplanes. Seaships such as the USS Missouri battleship, the USS Shangri-La carrier and the USS Hobby destroyer were among the first products.

3. Paul K. Guillow, Inc. - Wikipedia

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   Toy balsa gliders are often used in physics classes to teach aerodynamics including Bernoulli's theorem. In 1999, an article about their characteristics was published in the American Journal of Physics. The article presented a "quantitative analysis" of the performance of the Guillow Super-Ace, which weighed 3.51 grams and sold for $1.99 at ...

4. Ochroma - Wikipedia

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   Three different sizes of balsa wood stock. Balsa lumber is very soft and light, with a coarse, open grain. The density of dry balsa wood ranges from 40 to 475 kg/m 3, with a typical density around 160 kg/m 3. [5] [6] [7] Balsa is the softest wood ever measured using the Janka hardness test (22 to 167 lbf). [8] The wood of the living tree has ...

5. Life-Like - Wikipedia

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   Their experience in the hobby industry began in the 1930s when they became interested in constructing model airplanes. With money borrowed from their mother, the brothers formed the Burd Model Airplane Manufacturing Co. and sold their own model airplane kits using balsa wood they would salvage from discarded banana crates. As the business grew ...

6. 17 of the most valuable items on the black market - AOL

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   The Today Show. Seeing the number 1212 everywhere? Here's what it might mean. Lighter Side. USA TODAY. Happy New Year! See photos of Times Square as Americans ring in 2025. News. News. NBC Universal.

7. Black Friday shoppers spent a record $10.8 billion online ...

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   People didn't just fill their plates this Thanksgiving weekend -- data shows they also filled their online shopping carts. Black Friday online shopping this year set a new high, reaching $10.8 ...