How a Porcupine’s Razor Sharp Quills Are Helping Doctors Create Surgical Staples That Ward Off Infection

An aciculated episode of the KQED series Deep Look (previously) explains how the incredibly sharp quills from a North American porcupine's rear area can | Continue reading


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16 Guitars Battle for the Iron Throne in an Electrifying Cover of the Game of Thrones Theme

In honor of the Sunday, April 14, 2019 premiere of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, musician Cooper Carter (previously) performed an | Continue reading


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Laura Linney Returns to Barbary Lane 20 Years Later in Netflix Sequel to the 1993 Mini-Series ‘Tales of the City’

Netflix is bringing back Tales of the City, the classic San Francisco story based on the series of books by novelist Armistead Maupin which was turned | Continue reading


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A Crotchety African Grey Parrot Orders Amazon Alexa to Stop Playing Frank Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York’

An adorably crotchety African Grey parrot named Mr. Magoo appears to be no fan of the late, great Frank Sinatra. The frustrated bird made his feelings | Continue reading


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Ned Flanders Inspired Heavy Metal Band Okilly Dokilly’s Music Video Plays Over End Credits of ‘The Simpsons’

Okilly Dokilly, the Ned Flanders-inspired heavy metal band aka the world's only heavy Nedal band, were taken by surprise when they find out that their | Continue reading


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An Extremely Obese Cat Looking For Permanent Home With Loving Humans Who Will Help Him Lose Weight

On April 5, 2019, an extremely overweight cat named Barsik was surrendered to the Animal Care Center of New York with his feline sister Sukie when their | Continue reading


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Stephen Colbert and Oscar the Grouch Sing a Hopeful Duet in Light of the Overwhelming Amount News

While onstage for The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert felt so overwhelmed by the news that he decided to go for a walk. He went outside and into the alley | Continue reading


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Every Artistic Reference Made in ‘Shaun of the Dead’

On the 15th anniversary of the 2004 iconic zom-com Shaun of the Dead (the first installment of the Cornetto Trilogy of films), the folks at Vanity Fair | Continue reading


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A Clever Wallet That Looks Like a Cheeseburger

Toddland, a unique clothing and accessory store, is featuring their very popular delicious wallet that looks like a cheeseburger and comes in both seeded | Continue reading


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Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau of Game of Thrones Gives a Quick Tutorial on Danish Slang and Expressions

Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau who plays Jaime Lannister on Game of Thrones, the one-armed Kingslayer in love with his twin sister, provides a quick | Continue reading


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An All Saxophone Cover of ‘Game of Thrones’ Music

The musicians of Sax.co.uk performed an all-saxophone cover medley of the music from Game of Thrones. This composition was arranged by | Continue reading


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How Heavy Metal Excesses Led to the Implementation of Parental Advisory Stickers on Recorded Music

In a really informative episode of the Vox series Earworm, video producer and host Estelle Caswell explains the history behind the "Parental Advisory | Continue reading


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A Catchy Compilation of People Using the Word ‘It’

#IT by Eclectic Method is a really catchy, danceable tune made from a compilation of famous people from television, film, and video who use the word "It" | Continue reading


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How a Lack of Photoreceptor Cells Causes Most Mammals to Be Less Colorful Than Fish and Birds

SciShow host Olivia Gordon explains why most mammals are not as richly colorful as fish, insects, and birds. As it turns out, color is not perceived well | Continue reading


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Game of Thrones Cast Members Reflect Fondly Upon the First Seven Seasons of the Series

With the first episode of the final season just days away, several of the Game of Thrones cast members reflect fondly upon the first seven seasons since | Continue reading


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A Spicy Mariachi Cover of the A-ha Song ‘Take on Me’

The wonderful Mariachi Entertainment System (previously) of San Antonio, Texas performed a spicy cover version of the classic A-ha song "Take on Me" with | Continue reading


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LEGO Luke Skywalker’s Hand and Lightsaber

Mark Hamill is less than thrilled about the new LEGO Luke Skywalker's Hand and Lightsaber. Someone tell me this isn't a real #StarWars toy. PLEASE. | Continue reading


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Determining the Size of Star Wars Planets and Spaceships Against Locations on Planet Earth

Mechanical engineer turned VFX expert Wren Weichman of Corridor Digital visually explains the relative size of Star Wars planets and spaceships by | Continue reading


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Stationery Supply Employees Build a Giant ‘Game of Thrones’ Fire Breathing Paper Dragon for Their Office

In anticipation of the April 14th premiere of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, the employees of the British office supply company Viking, | Continue reading


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A Dilapidated Vintage Coffee Grinder Is Quietly Restored Into a Bright Shiny Working Version of Itself

After purchasing a somewhat dilapidated vintage coffee grinder on eBay, Swiss craftsman My Mechanics went about quietly restoring it. He pulled apart the | Continue reading


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‘Apollo 11’ Composer Talks About Writing the Score Using Only Instruments Available at Time of the Launch

Composer Matt Morton shared with TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) what it was like writing the score for the highly anticipated documentary | Continue reading


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T.Hanks

Tom Hanks "T.Hanks" you for throwing away your trash at Vinnie's Pizzeria in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. | Continue reading


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Quirky Colorful Cut Paper Masks by Lobulo Design

Cut paper artist Lobulo Design created four wonderfully quirky paper masks in celebration of the 2018 Grec Festival of Barcelona. These colorful pieces, | Continue reading


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Norwegian Craftsman Answers a Fan Challenge to Carve an Intricate Dragon Head Out of Wood

Jonas Olsen, a 26 year old craftsman who lives on the island of Senja in Northern Norway, challenged himself at the behest of his fans to carve an | Continue reading


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A Vocal Pied Crow Says ‘Are You Alright?’ to a Visitor at the Knaresborough Castle in North Yorkshire, UK

While visiting Knaresborough Castle in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England in 2017, birdwatching nature photographer Claire Connor encountered at the | Continue reading


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New York City Subway Operator Holds the Doors While a Small Forest of Tall Plants Are Loaded Onto the Train

When your subway car gets turned into the rainforest cafe. Welcome to NYC. pic.twitter.com/8CG9lTYjW9— em (@e_munson) April 8, 2019 New York City is | Continue reading


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Game of Thrones Theme Played on an Orchestra of 64 Floppy Drives, 8 Hard Drives and 2 Scanners

Pawel Zadrozniak, who is also known as "Silent", has programmed his Floppotron, an electronic orchestra made up of sixty-four floppy drives, eight hard | Continue reading


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A Mouthwatering Supercut of Animated Characters Preparing and Enjoying Scrumptious Looking Meals

"Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner" by Andrew Saladino of Royal Ocean Society is a mouthwatering supercut of animated characters of different styles preparing | Continue reading


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Talented Mariachi Players Pay Beautiful Tribute to Stan Lee With a Cover of ‘The Avengers’ Theme Song

Shortly after the passing of the great Stan Lee on November 12 2018, the musicians of the incredibly talented Mariachi Entertainment System of San | Continue reading


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The Stan Lee Story, A Gorgeous Hardcover Book on the Life, Career, and Legacy of the Marvel Comics Legend

In celebration of the 80th anniversary of Marvel, international publisher Taschen has announced the release of The Stan Lee Story a gorgeous 624 page | Continue reading


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How Modal Interchange and Deceptive Cadence Keep Up the Momentum in Elton John’s ‘Bennie and the Jets’

The wonderfully fast-talking, speed-doodling music theorist 12Tone takes on his mother's favorite song, the very challenging "Bennie and the Jets" by | Continue reading


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How to Socialize a Spicy Feral Kitten From the Start

One of the amazing humans of Flatbush Cats, a non-profit feral rescue program in Brooklyn shared how he rescued a litter of kittens who were hiding behind | Continue reading


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The Celestial Beauty of Colorful Golf Ball Guts

Photographer James Friedman has captured the truly celestial beauty that lives inside the colorful guts of a typical golf ball in his photo series | Continue reading


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A Clever Bookcase With Word Forming Letter Shelves

Italian furniture design house Saporiti has created the ABC BookCase (previously), a novel laminated chipboard bookcase with customized modules reflecting | Continue reading


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A Forthright Animated History of the Camera

Filmmaker Andy Saladino of the Royal Ocean Film Society who posts animated video essays about animation, turned to the other side of the animation | Continue reading


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An Incredibly Sleek, Ultra Modern Tiny Home

Bryce Langston of the wonderful series Living Big in a Tiny House visited with Lisa and Matt Hobbs, an industrious couple who met online, fell in love and | Continue reading


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Random Strangers Explain ‘Game of Thrones’ in 15 Seconds to Someone Who Has Never Seen the Show

Fast Company producer Maxwell Mueller, a rare person who has never watched an episode of Game of Thrones, approached strangers wandering through | Continue reading


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Kind Hearted Teenagers Teach a Young Autistic Boy in the Park How to Ride a Skateboard for His Birthday

Under the close supervision of his loving mother, 5 year old Carter Bruynell rode his scooter around a skatepark in South Brunswick, New Jersey on his | Continue reading


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An Oversized Mug That Looks Like a Fender Amp

Novelty company Paladone, in partnership with Fender Guitars, has created a black mug with a detailed design of a 1965 Twin Reverb amplifier on the front. | Continue reading


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A Hapless Orange Cat Gets Woefully Stuck in the Elastic Armhole of His Human’s Hanging Bra

A big orange cat who was wandering around the room somehow got woefully stuck in the elastic armhole of his human's bra that was drying on the line. The | Continue reading


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Majestic Handmade Flower Crowns for Dogs and Cats

A college professor named Yardley who lives in San Diego, California creates uniquely majestic faux flower crowns for dogs, cats, and even humans. Yardley | Continue reading


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Nomadic Couple Can Turn Their Land Rover Defender Into a Tiny Home With Just the Press of a Button

Brice and Irina Bader of Wild Fennec are a nomadic couple who particularly enjoy off-road adventures. With this thought in mind, they decided to remodel | Continue reading


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Nybble, An Adorable Open Source Robotic Kitten Kit

Inventor RongzhongLi of Petoi has created an absolutely adorable robotic kitten named Nybble. Nybble comes as a kit to assemble, was built on an open | Continue reading


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A Clever Truck Attachment That Safely Moves Traffic Barrels From One Side of the Lane to the Other

The Barrel Mover 5000 is a very cleverly designed truck attachment that allows workers to safely move traffic barrels from one side of the late to the | Continue reading


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The First Seven Seasons of ‘Game of Thrones’ Summarized in an Economical Twelve Minute Recap

With the Game of Thrones eighth and final season premiere just around the corner, Ryan Arey of Screencrush quite helpfully provides a summary recap of the | Continue reading


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A Touching Tribute to the Original Six Marvel ‘Avengers’

With the premiere of the highly anticipated Avengers: Endgame and the uncertainty of which superheroes actually survived the effects of Thanos' completed | Continue reading


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An External Soundtrack Stalks Unhappy Couple Until a Decision is Made in Hot Chip’s ‘Hungry Child’ Video

In the brilliantly executed music video written and directed by Saman Kesh for the Hot Chip song "Hungry Child", a constantly arguing couple named Phil | Continue reading


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Street Artists Turn Utrecht Apartment Building Into a Giant Bookcase Featuring Residents’ Favorite Books

Talented Dutch street artists Jan Is De Man and Deef Feed were given permission by the owner of an apartment building in Utrecht to create a large mural | Continue reading


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