What is this funky looking thing and what is its historical importance?

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udupendra, superbrat, Johny Walker, varuns88, p vs np, Raghuvansh, Shrey Gupta, dheeraj, sidsen, K.Manish, lordmaldy, bikram, Rogi, Logik, Siddharth Jain, Ps, Joshan, Dibyo, Gautam DN, byslexia, akhi and Rithwik K

Who is this brilliant guy?

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Almost everyone got it.

Boiledbeans pays tribute to Rajeev Motwani. RIP.

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What is this apparatus called and what is the technique originially introduced by this apparatus used for?

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Kamal Rathi, Rahulk, Raghuvansh, lordmaldy, varuns88, Logik, Dibyo, Rogi and Joshan

This girl named something (when she was eleven) and got a reward of 5 pounds. Her suggestion was taken over thousands of other names suggested from around the world. 2 was one of the three names which made it to the final vote, where her suggestion won.

What did she name? (ID her for extra fun)

1. 2.

Hint: She died recently at the age of 90. RIP.

Cracked by everyone.

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Identify and Connect

Again, apologies for the delay folks. This question will remain for 12hrs more.

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