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The Fed Ex guy is always delivering intriguing parcels to Mini Museum's headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, but he's never allowed to see what's inside.

On Wednesday, it was something very cool from Norway, co-founder Jamie Grove explains - though he can't say any more. But Mini Museum has the fascinating, rare and bizarre delivered every day; it's a unique startup that collects scientific and historic artefacts from around the universe, meticulously divides them and presents them encased in clear acrylic as a "mini museum".