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An SS class blimp

... that DNA digital data storage has been called "apocalypse-proof" by one of its creators due to its longevity under certain conditions and its resistance to obsolescence?
... that rayon fibers used to make clothes come from trees pulped using the sulfite process?
... that the first SS class blimp (pictured) entered service on 18 March 1915, fewer than three weeks after work began on it?

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