A Tired Humanoid Finds Out That Things Can Always Get Worse in the Stark Digitally Animated Short ‘Freight’

Serbian filmmaker Sava Zivkovic has created "Freight", a starkly beautiful digital animation about a gorgeously modeled humanoid who lives inside a | Continue reading


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An Animated History of Domesticated Dogs

In an affable Ted Ed Lesson written by archeologist David Ian Howe and animated by Cabong Studios, narrator Addison Anderson explains the turbulent | Continue reading


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Hypnotic High Definition Footage of 100 Minutes on the A Train From Uptown Manhattan to a Queens Beach

Filmmaker Dj Hammers (previously) who enjoys capturing the subway trains in and around New York City captured hypnotic, high-definition footage of a 100 | Continue reading


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A Beautiful Stop-Motion Music Video for an Incredible String Quartet Cover of the Björk Song ‘Venus as a Boy’

In promotion of their soon-to-be-released Björk tribute album, the Vitamin String Quartet performed an incredible string interpretation of the Icelandic | Continue reading


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Digital Illustrations of Famous Fictional Characters Posed With Their Alter Egos or Their Favorite Pets

Russian freelance artist Aleksei Vinogradov has created a wonderful digitally illustrated series of famous fictional characters posed with their equally | Continue reading


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A Strangely Adorable Timelapse of Three Hungry Snails Gobbling Down a Yummy Meal as Fast as They Can

A trio of strangely adorable snails heartily enjoyed a meal of all sorts of yummy goodness that was put upon a plate for their convenience. This footage | Continue reading


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AbleChair, A Versatile Power Wheelchair That Easily Adjusts From Sitting to Standing Using an App

The AbleChair is an incredibly versatile wheelchair that can be adjusted into a number of positions between sitting and standing with a sliding touch on a | Continue reading


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French Musician FKJ Performs Live on Salar de Uyuni, The World’s Largest Salt Flat in Southwest Bolivia

French musician FKJ performed a beautiful live set upon the stunning Salar de Uyuni in southwest Bolivia, the largest salt flat in the world. The event, | Continue reading


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A Scrumptious Bite-Sized Chocolate Bar Mini-Puzzle

Areaware has released an adorable, bite-sized mini-puzzle that looks just like a scrumptious chocolate bar that can be taken apart and put back together | Continue reading


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Amazing Digital Paper Cut Illustrations That Focus On Editorial Issues of the Day

Artist Eiko Ojala (previously) creates amazing digital illustrations that look like they were constructed out of paper. Because Ojala works are featured | Continue reading


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An Animated Guide to Making a Basic Cup of Coffee

In 2016, gaming vlogger Old Game Box put together a very handy animated guide to making a basic but good cup of coffee. He first starts off with the type | Continue reading


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Entrepreneur Lillian Vernon Visits the Homes Her Family Left Escaping the Nazis in a 2003 Neistat Brothers Film

The day after the 2019 International Holocaust Remembrance Day, vlogger Casey Neistat posted a really beautiful and inspiring documentary that he and his | Continue reading


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A Tantalizing Stop-Motion Animation That Reveals the Hidden Patterns Inside Various Fruits and Vegetables

Filmmaker Kevin B. Parry has created a series of tantalizing stop-motion animations that reveal the hidden mosaics that live inside fruits and vegetables. | Continue reading


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Food Expert Shares 59 Distinct Ways of Cooking Eggs

Amiel Stanek, an assistant food editor at Bon Appétit, takes a look at the incredible, edible egg and demonstrates how flexible this viscous protein can | Continue reading


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An Intricate Rube Goldberg Machine That Takes Over Four Minutes to Pass the Salt Across the Table

Brooklyn kinetic artist Joseph Herscher (previously) of Joseph's Machines invited fellow machine maker Sprice Machines of San Diego to dine with him at a | Continue reading


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How Machiavelli May Have Been Issuing a Warning About Tyranny Rather Than Embracing Its Philosophy

In an astute animated Ted Ed video essay written by Pazit Cahlon and Alex Gendler, narrator Addison Anderson explains the origins of the word | Continue reading


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North Bergen New Jersey High School Drama Club Performs a Fantastic Stage Adaptation of ‘Alien’

The talented students of the North Bergen High School Drama Club took on a really ambitious project of adapting the classic Ridley Scott film Alien into a | Continue reading


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Traditional 18th Century Naval Portrait of Cap’n Crunch

Artist and illustrator BoosterPang decided to portray the smiling, animated cereal mascot Cap'n Crunch as a fully realized human being posing in a | Continue reading


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John Lennon and Yoko Ono Discuss the Breakup of The Beatles and Other Subjects With Dick Cavett in 1971

In September 1971, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on The Dick Cavett Show where they talked with the host about the breakup of The Beatles, | Continue reading


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A Fascinating Vintage Film From 1910 That Showcases the Strength and Agility of Common Houseflies

In 1910, British naturalist and filmmaker F Percy Smith created "The Acrobatic Fly", a fascinating film that demonstrated the remarkable strength, | Continue reading


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A Collection of Reader Submitted ‘Deep Dark Fears’ Translated Into Comic Form by Illustrator Fran Krause

Los Angeles professor, animator, and comic artist Fran Krause (previously) has released The Creeps: A Deep Dark Fears Collection, a wonderful compilation | Continue reading


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The Super Mario Bros. Theme Music Performed on a Violin at Four Increasing Experience Levels

Award-winning musician Rob Landes quite skillfully and lightheartedly performed the Super Mario Bros. theme music on a violin at four increasing | Continue reading


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Under, An Underwater Restaurant on the Southern Tip of Norway Featuring Wonderful Views of Marine Life

Europe's first underwater restaurant, aptly named Under, has just opened in Lindesnes on the southern tip of Norway. While the entryway of the restaurant | Continue reading


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1986 Calendar Featuring Morris the Cat Making Snide Remarks on How Technology Is Changing the World

Beginning in 1968, a wisecracking orange tabby cat named Morris peppered daytime television with commercials about his being "the world's most finicky | Continue reading


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How an Iconic Photo of a Picturesque Austrian Town Encouraged a Travel Vlogger to Want to See More

Travel vlogger Johnny Harris waxed poetically about an iconic, ubiquitous image of Hallstatt, a village that sits below the Austrian Alps. Harris | Continue reading


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Chef With Fried Chicken Hidden on Map of USA

Did you know that there is a chef proudly presenting his friend chicken hidden on the map of the USA? Well, there is and that's the easiest way to find | Continue reading


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French People Try to Pronounce Words in English

Frenchly, a site for Francophiles based in the United States, asked several native speakers of French to pronounce fairly common words in English. Several | Continue reading


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A Stunning HD Timelapse That Captures Two Years of Changing Seasons in New York City’s Central Park

Award-winning filmmaker Tyler Fairbank has captured the beauty of the changing seasons as reflected in New York City's Central Park in gorgeous 8K high | Continue reading


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An Unsettling 3D Animation Depicting Various Phobias

Ahmet Serif Yildirim, a director, motion designer, and tattoo artist in Berlin has created a brilliant but unsettling 3D animation that depicts various | Continue reading


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A Steady Dog Masters the Art of the Fidget Spinner

A beautiful and very steady shepherd named Rush quite confidently balanced a rotating fidget spinner on his dolichocephalic nose and skillfully walked | Continue reading


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The Last Song John Lennon Ever Recorded

Just a few weeks before his unexpected and tragic death on December 8, 1980, legendary musician John Lennon (formerly of The Beatles) went into the studio | Continue reading


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The Reunited Folks of ‘Deadwood’ Find That Times Are Changing in the Long Awaited Film Based on the Series

In a teaser trailer for the long-awaited, highly-anticipated film based upon the all-too-short HBO series Deadwood, a concerned Al Swearingen (Ian | Continue reading


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Lykoi, A Recent Breed of Cat Whose Sparse Dark Coats and Big Eyes Make Them Look Like Werewolves

The Lykoi (Greek word for wolf) is a fairly recent breed of cats who are known for their big eyes and sparse coat make them look a lot like (fictional) | Continue reading


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German Observatory Transformed Into a Giant R2-D2

Professor Hubert Zitt, who is widely known for his fascinating lectures on Star Wars, Star Trek and other science fiction, saw the perfect opportunity to | Continue reading


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How Ian McKellen Uses His Eyes to Convey Emotion

Video essayist and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter takes a deep look at the way legendary actor Ian McKellen employs his bright baby blues to | Continue reading


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Dogfish Head SuperEIGHT, A Super Gose Beer With the Perfect pH Level to Develop Kodak Super 8 Film

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery partnered up with Kodak to develop SuperEight, a puckery super Gose that has the perfect pH level to, in combination with other | Continue reading


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Google Creates the First Interactive AI Powered Google Doodle in Celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach

Google has created its very first artificially intelligent powered Google Doodle in celebration of Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday on this day in 1685. | Continue reading


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Fabulous Photographs of Cats Taken From Underneath a Glass Table With Brilliant Background Colors

Lithuanian photographer Andrius Burba, who captured a different side of cats, dogs, and horses by photographing them from underneath a glass table, has | Continue reading


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How Gregor Clegane aka ‘The Mountain’ Embodies All That Is Brutally Violent in ‘Game of Thrones’

With the final season of Game of Thrones swiftly approaching, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of The Take take the opportunity to inscribe another | Continue reading


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A Curious Cat Figures Out How to Play With the Swinging Spheres of a Newton’s Cradle

An adorable rescued tabby cat named Pickle began playing with the Newton's Cradle that was sitting upon his human's desk. The curious kitty grabbed the | Continue reading


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MetaFly, A Durable, Flexible Flying Robot That Mimics the Movements of a Delicate Insect for Accurate Flight

Inventor Edwin Van Ruymbeke of Marseille, France, who created the furtive Bionic Bird drone, has crafted another biomimetic flying robot called the | Continue reading


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How a Variety of Musical Oddities Make The Beatles’ ‘I’m Looking Through You’ a Very Messy Song

In a rather forthright video essay, the host of You Can't Unhear This addresses the mysterious goings on that make very messy work of The Beatles song, | Continue reading


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A Robotic Arm That Picks Up Unfamiliar Objects With Great Precision and Places Them Where They Belong

Researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have built a highly intelligent robotic arm that is able to gently | Continue reading


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A Hot and Thirsty Koala Bear Seeks Cool Refuge in the Air Conditioned Environment of a Winemaker’s Car

After checking to his family's vineyard in South Australia, vintner Tim Withrow of Withrow Wines returned to his car and found that a hot and thirsty | Continue reading


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The Kids of Hawkins Start to Grow Up During the Summer of 1985 in ‘Stranger Things’ Season Three

The third season of the wildly popular series Stranger Things takes place in the summer of 1985, where the kids of Hawkins, Indiana begin to learn there's | Continue reading


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TV Star and His Stunt Double Try to Break Into Film In Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’

In Quentin Tarantino's ninth feature film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, famous TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double | Continue reading


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Why Trees Stop Growing After a Certain Height

In an arboreal TED-Ed lesson written by Valentin Hammoudi and animated by Doug Alberts, narrator Addison Anderson explains the “hydraulic limitation | Continue reading


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The Disturbing Worldwide Phenomenon of Hat Man Appearing in Nightmares Before Sleep Paralysis Sets In

In a fascinating report for Quartz, reporter Corrinne Purtill talks about the disturbing phenomenon that has invaded the dreams of thousands of people | Continue reading


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