A Baby Monkey Figures Out How to Best Climb a Tall Fig Tree Without Any Help From His Watchful Mother

In an adorable clip from the Smithsonian Channel series Monkey Island, a troop of tufted gray langurs follow the alpha male to a tall fig tree bursting | Continue reading


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Performing Gnossienne No. 1 on Recorder Through a Birdhouse With Help of an 18th Century Hand

Filmmaker Sean Reynard has created and embodied a rather interesting bespectacled, short-banged character he named Quentin Smirhes. As it turns out, | Continue reading


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The Tallest Concert Grand Piano in the World

Great Big Story visited with master piano builder David Klavins at his studio in Vác, Hungary. Klavins, who has worked as a technician, concert tuner and | Continue reading


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Why Train Wheels Require a Rigid Conical Shape

A researcher from the Civil Engineering Department at RWTH Aachen University in Aachen, Germany visually demonstrates scenarios in which different wheels | Continue reading


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A Giant Colored Pencil Made Out of Colored Pencils

Woodworker Nick Zammeti cleverly built a giant colored pencil made out of many, many boxes of colored pencils. This very meta idea came to Zammeti while | Continue reading


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Popping a Champagne Cork With a Champagne Flute

While attending a friend's party at the Hotel d’Angleterre in Copenhagen, Denmark, champagne enthusiast Nikolaj Makar quite elegantly removed the cork | Continue reading


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How the Rock Opera ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Reinterpreted Judas Iscariot as Sympathetic Character

Music essayist Noah LeFevre of Polyphonic (previously) took a look at the classic Andrew Lloyd Weber/Tim Rice collaboration Jesus Christ Superstar. | Continue reading


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Ghost Box, A Touch-Controlled Interactive Sound Sculpture Modeled After WWII-era Shortwave Radio

Ghost Box by artist/musician Steve Parker, is a remarkable interactive sound sculpture modeled after a World War II-era shortwave radio and allows | Continue reading


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Signman, A 42 Year Retrospective of Work by San Francisco Underground Artist and Prankster John Law

photo by John Beherens Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland is presenting Signman, a three month long retrospective spaning 42 years of work by legendary San | Continue reading


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Using One Finger on One String to Play Ten Iconic Riffs

Musician Dave Rucci took a wire cutter and snipped off all but one string (G) on his guitar. He then proceeded to play ten different and iconic intro | Continue reading


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The Genetically Modified Paradise, Oddly Misshapen Beings Lurking Near The Little Mermaid of Copenhagen

In 2000 Danish sculptor Bjørn Nørgaard created "The Genetically Modified Paradise", a surreal series of oddly misshapen beings, including "The Genetically | Continue reading


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Krzywy Domek, The Crooked Little House of Sopot, Poland That Sports a Distorted Illusory Front Facade

In 2004, the Polish architecture firm Szotynski & Zaleski built a wonderfully illusory building in Sopot, Poland that doesn't quite look real. The design | Continue reading


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Physicist Brian Cox Reimagines the Wonder of the Big Bang for a Five Part BBC Series About ‘The Planets’

In a trailer for the five-part BBC Earth series entitled The Planets, renowned physicist Brian Cox narrates a beautiful visual reimagination the Big Bang, | Continue reading


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A Modified Roomba Robot Vacuum Cleaner That Screams and Curses When It Bumps Into Things

Technology vlogger Michael Reeves quite grudgingly responded to viewer requests to build a Roomba that screams and curses when it bumps into walls and | Continue reading


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Jaunty Acoustic Guitar Cover of the Star Wars Cantina Song With an Adorably Rhythmic Dog on Drums

The very talented musician Acoustic Trench (previously) recorded a jaunty acoustic version of the Figrin D'an and The Modal Node song that was iconically | Continue reading


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James Taylor and Oscar the Grouch Sing a Duet on a Classic Episode of ‘Sesame Street’

In 1984, the great James Taylor paid a visit to Sesame Street, where he and the curmudgeonly trash dweller Oscar the Grouch performed a duet that told | Continue reading


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A Velvet-Voiced Crooner Covers the Panic! At The Disco Song ‘High Hopes’ in True Frank Sinatra Style

Postmodern Jukebox invited the velvet-voiced crooner Spencer Day into the studio to perform the Panic! At The Disco song "High Hopes" in authentic Frank | Continue reading


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A Trio of Outdoor Cats Are Taken by Surprise When a Plush Puppy Starts Meowing at Them

The cooperative team of outdoor cats who defended their human's yard from an incoming real dog, were a little less brave when it came to a plush puppy | Continue reading


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An Amazingly Detailed Millennium Falcon Mince Pie

The very talented Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin (previously) of Pies Are Awesome has created an amazingly detailed mince pie in the distinctive shape and | Continue reading


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A Lovestruck Tormund Giantsbane Relentlessly Flirts With Brienne of Tarth in an Amusing Minute Game of Thrones Compilation

In a rather amusing supercut of scenes from Game of Thrones series, a lovestruck Tormund Giantsbane (Kristofer Hivju) lustfully flirts with Brienne of | Continue reading


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Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca Speaks English to Harrison Ford to Give Him Context For Their Dialog

During the filming of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, actor Peter Mayhew, in costume as Chewbacca, spoke aloud in English (rather than | Continue reading


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The Game of Thrones Animated Title Sequence Flawlessly Recreated With Oreo Cookies

To promote their limited edition Game of Thrones themed cookie packs, the folks at Oreo created a flawless recreation of the animated title sequence from | Continue reading


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MC Frontalot Raps About His Fathomless Heartbreak With the World Wide Web in the Song ‘Internet Sucks’

The ever prescient nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot (previously) quite succinctly shares his feelings about the world wide web in the song "Internet Sucks". | Continue reading


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Jedi Meteorologist Gives Forecast For May the Fourth

In celebration Star Wars Day, Jedi meteorologist Grace Legge from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology provided a forceful weather forecast for the region | Continue reading


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Why Mathematicians Are Stockpiling a Specific Chalk

In 2015, the owner of the Japanese company that made Hagoromo chalk decided to shutter his business due to health and other reasons. Once the news was | Continue reading


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Genetic Portraits, Fascinating Photos That Fuse Two Family Members Side-by-Side Into a Single Image

Photographer Ulric Collette who lives and works in Quebec City, Canada, has created "Genetic Portraits" an absolutely fascinating photo series in which | Continue reading


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Classic Footage of an 8-Track Tape Swap Meet in 1991

In 1991, a dedicated group of 8-track tape fans gathered at Delilah's in Chicago to swap and trade in their favorite medium and an acquired taste. One | Continue reading


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Game of Thrones’ Kristofer Hivju Engages With Fans While Riding an Electric Unicycle on Icy Oslo Sidewalk

In 2015, the very affable Kristofer Hivju (previously), who plays Tormund Giantsbane on Game of Thrones, humorously engaged with fans following him as he | Continue reading


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How to Construct a 20-Sided Modular Pecan Pie

In or around 2009, UC Irvine Computer Science Professor Charless F. Fowlkes decided that he really wanted to make a memorable, tech-forward dessert for | Continue reading


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An Examination of the Specific Ingredients That Make Impossible Burger and Beyond Burger Taste Like Meat

In 2018, we wrote about Food Labels Revealed, a fascinating podcast produced by chemistry educator and analytical chemist Mel Weinstein, who talks about | Continue reading


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Using a Copper Coil and Neodymium Magnets to Make Three Different AA Batteries Race Against Each Other

Czech vlogger Mr. Michal set up an amusing set of experiments in which he uses coiled copper wire and circular neodymium magnets to make AA batteries | Continue reading


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Heartwarming Portrait of the Two Elder Polish Musicians of the ‘Holocaust Survivor Band’ in South Florida

In 2015, filmmaker Joshua Z. Weinstein created a heartwarming documentary about two elder musicians named Saul Dreier and Reuwen (“Ruby”) Sosnowicz. The | Continue reading


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Westeros World, A Gorgeous Mashup of Title Sequences From ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Westworld’

Video editor and cinematographer Gilles Augustijnen seamlessly combined the title sequences of Game of Thrones with that of Westworld, resulting in a | Continue reading


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Women of Gilead Forge Unexpected Alliances in a Fight for Freedom in Third Season of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

In the trailer for the third season of The Handmaid's Tale, the eerily prescient yet dystopian series about the subjugation of women in a male-dominated | Continue reading


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New York City Renames 63rd Street and Broadway as ‘Sesame Street’ in Honor of Show’s 50th Anniversary

New York City has renamed 63rd Street at Broadway as Sesame Street in honor of the show's 50th Anniversary providing an actual physical address for | Continue reading


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Musician Makes His Guitars Sound Like Different Instruments With a Variety of Creative Techniques

Musician Davidlap, who continuously makes very amusing use of his amazing string skills, made his various guitars sound like different instruments with a | Continue reading


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LEGO Partners With Sight Advocacy Groups to Introduce Braille Bricks for Visually Impaired Children

On April 24, 2019, the LEGO Group, in partnership with The LEGO Foundation and various sight advocacy groups, announced that they will be introducing | Continue reading


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Can You Identify This Mysterious Pink Z3d Pill?

Can someone please help this parent identify the mysterious pink Z3d pill they found in their son's room? via Miss Cellania | Continue reading


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A Chorus of Voices in a Psychedelic Animation Deduce Why a Man Kills Himself Over a Bowl of Albatross Soup

Let The Man Die - Let The Bird Fly In the short film "Albatross Soup" by Winnie Cheung, which features psychedelic animation by Fiona Smyth, 50 different | Continue reading


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Actress Gemma Whelan Talks With Graham Norton About Her Role as Yara Greyjoy on Game of Thrones

On an amusing 2017 episode of The Graham Norton Show, actress Gemma Whelan, who plays the fiercely confident Yara Greyjoy on Game of Thrones, talked about | Continue reading


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A Sleekly Sophisticated Shiny Silver Liquor Cabinet Made From an RAF MK1 Practice Cluster Bomb

The artisans of Plane Industries who craft incredible chairs made out of cowling from such retired planes as the Boeing 737 and the British Airways e146, | Continue reading


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The Incredible Dexterity of the Light Operator Who Works With Swedish Groove Metal Band Meshuggah

In 2012, photographer Marjorie Coulin captured brilliant footage of Edvard Hansson, the incredible light operator who works with the Swedish groove metal | Continue reading


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Tenements, Towers & Trash, An Amusing Illustrated History of New York City by Cartoonist Julia Wertz

In 2017, critically acclaimed author and cartoonist Julia Wertz (previously) released Tenements, Towers & Trash, a hilariously observant and amusingly | Continue reading


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Foldimate, A Home Robot That Folds Laundry

In 2016 we wrote about the Foldimate Family, a handy home robot that automatically folds, steams, and scents laundry. Since that time, the company has | Continue reading


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A Beautiful Coat Rack Made From an Upcycled Chess Board Positioned in the Classic Caro–Kann Defence

Craftsman Volker Rieck of Creative Holz in Blieskastel, Germany has created a beautiful chess board coat rack that's positioned in the classic Caro–Kann | Continue reading


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An Astronaut Wanders Otherworldly Terrain of Public Land in the American Southwest in ‘Space to Roam’

In the gorgeous short film "Space to Roam" by photographer Andrew Studer, an astronaut in an orange space suit wanders through and around the otherworldly | Continue reading


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A Brilliantly Illustrated Flipbook Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the 1979 Ridley Scott Film ‘Alien’

Artist Serene Teh created a brilliantly illustrated flipbook that compactly enacts the story of the 1979 Ridley Scott film Alien, in celebration of the | Continue reading


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Elvis Costello Joins Spinal Tap Onstage During Tribeca Film Festival to Celebrate 35th Anniversary of the Film

In celebration of the 35th anniversary of the classic rock parody film This Is Spinal Tap, the original members of the band, Nigel Tufnel (Christopher | Continue reading


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