The slurry gushed with such force it buckled a quarter-inch thick metal plate and would have trapped Mr Whipps, the inquest was told.

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Norris also figured out how to achieve his sound effect using only a dinner-plate-thick transducer instead of bulky speaker cones.

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The old-school breakfast joint sprang up in Route 66's heyday, and waitresses still deliver thick-cut French toast and plate-defying omelettes - along with free doughnut holes and Milk Duds - near the fabled road's starting point.

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