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House Repairs Itself in Earthquake
haraya
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5-3-2007 1:36 PM
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5-3-2007
2:12 PM
bignosemousie
Cool! It reminds me of these commercials in the US where the house tells the owner stuff like "did you know we have termites in the basement?"
5-3-2007
11:20 PM
anshar
Very good clip.
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