The First Commercial Self-Driving Fleet of Vehicles in New York City Launches at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Optimus Ride has collaborated with the newly refurbished Brooklyn Navy Yard to launch the very first fleet of commercial self-driving (autonomous) | Continue reading


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What the Names of Countries Around the World Taste Like According a Person With Synaesthesia

Travel blogger Rick Shaw asked Scottish author Julie McDowall to interpret a world map through the lens of her synaesthesia, the ability to uses one sense | Continue reading


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Paper Airplane Endlessly Flies Around Ring of Fans

Dominic of ViralVideoLab (previously) demonstrates how his unique Aerofoil profile paper airplane could fly endlessly in circles using the moving air | Continue reading


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The Conflicting Origins of Thousand Island Dressing

Great Big Story goes behind the scenes to learn the real origin story of the tangy-sweet Thousand Island salad dressing. While both versions take place in | Continue reading


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South Bend, Indiana Firefighters Set Up Ladders to Help Trapped Raccoons Escape a Burning Warehouse

Fast-thinking fire fighters from the South Bend Fire Department in South Bend, Indiana, very thoughtfully set up an arrangement of ladders that allowed a | Continue reading


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How the Generational Need for Inexpensive Orderly Convenience Led to Manhattan’s Iconic Grid

In a geometric episode of Vox Almanac Road Trip Edition, host Phil Edwards explains how the city of Manhattan wound up with its now-iconic grid, a shape | Continue reading


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Why ‘No Problem’ Presents a Conversational Problem

In his newly rebooted series Language Files the impressively linguistically educated Tom Scott talks about phatic expressions - those brief, | Continue reading


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Bouncy Cover of ‘Papageno’s Song’ From Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’ Played on a ‘Skweeze-Ball’ Bottle Organ

Leonard Solomon, an extremely talented and inventive musician, performed a very bouncy cover of the Papageno aria from the classic Mozart opera The Magic | Continue reading


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An Eager Beaver Named Huckleberry Happily Learns How to Turn In a Circle in Exchange for Yummy Treats

A sweet little beaver named Huckleberry at Animal Wonder Montana quite eagerly learned how to turn in a circle once he found out there were treats | Continue reading


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Heartfelt Spontaneous Memorials Offer Comfort to a Dayton, Ohio Community After a Senseless Shooting

During the early morning hours of Sunday, August 4, 2019, a 24 year old man in full body armor fired a .223-caliber rifle with a 100-round capacity drum | Continue reading


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A Compassionate Man Creates a Special Cart for His Beloved 13 Year Old Dog Who Has Arthritis

so my 13 year old dog has arthritis in her back legs and has a hard time walking, so here’s what my dad made for her so she can get around the house | Continue reading


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An Oscar Mayer Hot Dog Ice Cream Sandwich With Candied Hot Dog Bits and Spicy Dijon Mustard Gelato

Like French's mustard-flavored Cool Haus ice cream, the folks at Oscar Mayer announced that they have partnered with il laboratorio del gelato to create a | Continue reading


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Lucas the Spider Turns to a Sleeping Family Dog for Assistance in Beating the Unbearable Summer Heat

A very hot Lucas the Spider (previously) desperately looked for a place to cool off in the sweltering summer heat. The overheated arachnid first | Continue reading


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New Yorkers Appear to Be Frozen in Place in Super Slow-Motion Footage Shot With a Galaxy S10

Filmmaker Glen Vivaris captured the bustle of typical New York City streets in super slow motion with his Samsung Galaxy S10. The camera on this phone has | Continue reading


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People Strategically Pose With Matching Album Covers to Complete the Picture in the ‘Sleeveface’ Project

Sleeveface is an amuising participatory photo project in which people from all over the world strategically pose with matching album covers, creating the | Continue reading


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A Colorful Illustrated Wall Chart Capturing the Hilarious History of Monty Python in Chronological Order

Timothy and Aurélia Sanders of Curious Charts, the talented couple behind the wonderfully badass "Heroic Girls in Movies" scratch-off poster, have created | Continue reading


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A Clever Contraption That Plays the Can-Can on a Colorful Kid’s Xylophone With Bouncing Ping Pong Balls

Inspired by the Hot Wheels Xylophone by 5MadMovieMakers, kinetic artist Mark Robbins of DoodleChaos created a very clever contraption that uses the | Continue reading


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Fruits and Vegetables Arranged Into Colorful Patterns

Artist Adam Hillman, who previously arranged candy and other items into color-ordered, visually pleasing geometric shapes, has created a new color-ordered | Continue reading


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Stunning Drone Footage of Mont-Saint Michel in France Becoming an Island Due to Super High Tides in 2015

In January 2015, the renowned Mont-Saint Michel (previously) in Normandy, France was overcome by record high tides that swamped the surrounding sandy | Continue reading


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A Sassy ‘Sinatra at the Sands’ Postmodern Jukebox Cover of the Elton John Song ‘Bennie and the Jets’

Postmodern Jukebox teamed up with the very talented Aubrey Logan to perform a very sassy cover of the classic Elton John song "Bennie and the Jets" in the | Continue reading


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Giant Anamorphic 3D Architectural Murals That Appear to Jump Outward From the Walls of Buildings

In May 2018, we wrote about Italian artist Peeta who creates absolutely gorgeous, colorful anamorphic portraits that seem to reach out from their | Continue reading


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‘Raising Men Lawn Care Services’ Youth Program Offers Free Yard Work to Those Who Can’t Afford It

Making a difference one lawn at a time Raising Men Lawn Care Services (RMLCS) is a wonderfully positive program in Huntsville, Alabama that teaches boys | Continue reading


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Talented Musician Performs an Incredible Funk Solo on a Gorgeous Custom-Made Fretless Baritone Guitar

Sean Angus Watson, an artist and guitar teacher in Oregon, performed a really incredible funk solo on a fretless baritone six-string guitar that was | Continue reading


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Beautiful Footage of a 60 Mile Solo Trek Through the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve in Northernmost Iceland

Kraig Adams, an American filmmaker and self-described minimalist, shared absolutely incredible footage of his 60 mile solo trek through the Hornstrandir | Continue reading


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How Pam Beesly’s Nice Girl Next Door Captured the Hearts of Jim Halpert and Viewers of ‘The Office’

In an insightful video essay regarding the popular series The Office, hosts Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take take a look at the character | Continue reading


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The Complex History of Cannibalism

In a rather unappetizing Ted-Ed lesson, written by biology professor Bill Schutt and directed by Diego Huacuja, narrator Addison Anderson talks about the | Continue reading


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Black Cat Loves Being Brushed With a Vacuum Cleaner

A thoroughly relaxed, black cat in Istanbul, Turkey quite happily lay still on the floor as his human ran the vacuum cleaner over his fur. As shown, the | Continue reading


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Remarkable Footage of a Big Snouted Banded Piglet Squid Shot From the E/V Nautilus Near Palmyra Atoll

While exploring the waters off Palmyra Atoll, the expedition crew on the E/V Nautilus spotted a mysterious transparent creature with a big head, a big | Continue reading


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Chinese Construction Worker Performs Incredibly Intricate Tricks With With His Giant Excavating Machine

A Chinese construction worker Lao Pang performs incredibly intricate tricks and demonstrations of skill with his gigantic excavator. Some of these tricks | Continue reading


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An Inside Look at the Wondrous Sights and Sounds That Took Place Over 24 Hours at Burning Man 2018

With the Burning Man 2019 coming up next month, San Francisco filmmaker Mark Day has just released his annual recap video that relives 24 hours during | Continue reading


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Raindrop Cannibal Devours Other Raindrops in Its Path

Toby Tripp has created "Raindrop Cannibal", a wonderfully clever clip in which an animated raindrop voraciously devours all the other raindrops in its | Continue reading


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French’s Yellow Mustard Flavored Ice Cream

French's has announced that they are collaborating with Coolhaus to create a yellow mustard flavored ice cream in celebration of National Mustard Day on | Continue reading


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The House of Eternal Return, A Psychedelic Immersive Interactive Art Experience Inside a Santa Fe Mansion

Great Big Story traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico to visit The House of Eternal Return, an enormous Victorian mansion on Rufina Circle that has been | Continue reading


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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Tells Howard Stern About Getting Kurt Cobain’s Approval For ‘Smells Like Nirvana’ Parody

In 2016, "Weird Al" Yankovic (previously) sat down for an interview with Howard Stern, where he spoke about his earliest influences, his often humorous | Continue reading


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Tiny Baby Gorilla Practices Pounding Her Chest

In an adorable clip from the BBC Earth program Animal Babies: First Year on Earth, a little female baby gorilla named Nyakabara practices pounding her | Continue reading


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How Far Into the Past a Modern English Speaker Could Go and Still Be Able to Communicate With Others

In a rather verbose episode of the video series Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler examines how far into the past a speaker of modern English could go | Continue reading


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Michael Shannon Makes a Tasty Hot Chicken Dish With Back to Back Instructions From a Professional Chef

In a down-home episode of the Bon Appétit series Back to Back Chef, award-winning actor Michael Shannon (Boardwalk Empire), stood at his cooking station | Continue reading


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Neutral Milk Hotel Alignment Chart

Tommy Siegel created this clever alignement chart based on the indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel. i feel like this one will make sense for only 5% of my | Continue reading


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1987 Safari Park Safety Demo Uses Dummies to Show That Lions May Attack People Who Leave Their Car

In 1987, the BBC documented a somewhat frightening safety demonstration at the Longleat Drive-Through Safari Park in Wilshire, England to strongly | Continue reading


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Lighthouse Keepers Working on a Mysterious New England Island Try to Stay Alive in ‘The Lighthouse’

The Lighthouse is an eerie, black-and-white film by Robert Eggers (The Witch) about two late 19th century men, one an experienced lightkeeper Tom Wake | Continue reading


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A Pair of Gorgeous Russian Blue Cats With Hypnotic Green Eyes Who Like to Stick Out Their Tongues

Xafi and Auri are two absolutely gorgeous American-style Russian Blue cats who live in Reading, Berkshire UK with their beloved humans and their little | Continue reading


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ZZ Top Celebrates 50 Years As a Hard Rocking Trio

Reporter Jim Axlerod of CBS Sunday Morning sat down with ZZ Top, the hard-rocking, country blues trio who have been together for 50 years. Band members | Continue reading


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Amusing Bloopers From ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’

The iconic children's show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (previously) always appeared perfectly arranged and produced, but even Fred Rogers had those days | Continue reading


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The Late Stan Lee Shares How Much He Loved to Make Cameo Appearances in Marvel Movies

With the home release of Avengers: Endgame, Marvel released two incredible bonus compilations that pay tribute to the late, greatly missed Stan Lee. In | Continue reading


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Mark Hamill Shares the Background Details of His First ‘Star Wars’ Screen Test With Harrison Ford

In the mid-1970s, director George Lucas was casting for the now-iconic film Star Wars. A young Mark Hamill was reading for the role of Luke Skywalker and | Continue reading


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Sony Develops a Personal Wearable Air Conditioner

Sony has developed the REON Pocket, a really handy personal temperature control device that conveniently fits inside a pocket at the based of the neck of | Continue reading


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Musician Mimics Car Sounds on Trombone

Musician Chad C Akin quite hilariously and quite accurately mimicked the sound of different car engines at different speeds using only his trombone. | Continue reading


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Little Puppy Tries to Eat a Realistic Picture of Spaghetti

An adorable little puppy saw that there was a yummy bowl of spaghetti sitting right next to her on a bench and tried to eat it. Unfortunately for the | Continue reading


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