Spot the Difference

Parents often claim that the music of their youth is better than music nowadays – and they aren’t entirely wrong. Studies have shown that there has been a gradual decrease in notes, chords, keys, vocabulary and moods throughout the decades. It seems that music nowadays is more generic than ever!

So you’ve always wanted a cuckoo clock, but you simply don’t have the space? I’ve been there, brother. Try the mini varieties from inventor Hubert Herr – the smallest is just 5 inches tall and can fit on your hand! How cute. If you cannot abide tiny time-keeping devices, don’t worry, we hear you. Get yourself to the Hornberger Uhrenspiele, featured in the 1997 Guinness Book of World Records for its sheer size and magnitude. Approximately 11.5m wide and 10.8m high, it comes complete with musicians, a mechanical waterwheel and even a chimney sweep. That’s bound to impress the neighbors.

The random blocks and towers on the PlayStation 2 startup screen weren't so random after all! They represented the saved data of the games a player was playing! The longer a gamer was playing a game, the taller the towers on the saved screen were!