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  • Victorian Flea Circuses: A Lost Art Form

    04/01/2009 12:48:59 PM PDT · by BGHater · 14 replies · 1,962+ views
    DRB ^ | 25 Mar 2009 | DRB
    If you can make a flea cooperate with you, you're probably good at politics I have to say, this is probably the strangest subject we ever talked about on Dark Roasted Blend. However, it is such a rich showcase of miniature art and craftmanship, and the "wow" factor is there as well: A flea, with legs finer than a human hair, can pull up to 700 times its own weight! A flea can lift up to 60 times its own weight! A flea can jump over 150 times its own height! When we build circuses on Mars, or asteroids one...