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New model is largest, most technically advanced hauler yet produced by Caterpillar; two 3500B engine blocks combined into one 24-cylinder engine.

With all the attention given to Caterpillar’s launch of compact equipment, it was almost easy to forget that what made the Peoria, Ill.-based company the dominant presence it is are big machines. In some cases, real big machines.

Freeze Mentos into the ice-cubes, add to Diet Coke drink:

Wired’s HOWTO wiki suggests freezing Mentos into ice cubes and then serving them in Diet Coke-based cocktails as a kind of timed practical joke (the cubes melt, and the drink turns into a volcano). Diet Coke is recommended “because it isn’t sticky.“