A Book Featuring the Unique Cat Ladders Residents of Bern, Switzerland Attach to the Exterior of Their Homes

Swiss graphic designer Brigitte Schuster has published Swiss Cat Ladders, a wonderful book exploring the unique cat ladders that the residents of Bern, | Continue reading


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True Facts About the Lemur by Ze Frank

Ze Frank hilariously narrates a series of true facts about the lemur, an adorable endangered primative primate that lives on the island of Madagascar. You | Continue reading


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What It Looks Like to Be Buried in Snow and Then Found by a Highly Trained Search and Rescue Dog

Mountain Search and Rescue Dog Association England posted a fascinating training video that shows a first-person point-of-view what it looks like to be | Continue reading


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Clever Cat Removes Wooden Stick From the Sliding Glass Door When His Beloved Human Gets Locked Out

My sister accidentally locked me out of the house so I went to check if the back door was unlocked and this happened pic.twitter.com/2zkjeyFJk5— | Continue reading


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An Intriguing Look at the Microbes That Make Cheese

Alessandra Potenza of Verge Science spoke with microbiologists Jeanne Garbarino, Ph.D. and Odaelys Walwyn of The Rockefeller University in New York City | Continue reading


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Animators Behind ‘Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse’ Talk About Prioritizing Believability Over Perfection

In an illuminative behind-the-scenes video, the talented animators of the uniquely illustrated Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse talk about how they agreed | Continue reading


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Compassionate Brazilian Artist Turns Used Tires Into Customized Beds For Homeless Cats and Dogs

Brazilian artist Amarildo Silva of Caominhas Pets creates roomy customized beds for homeless cats and dogs in his hometown of Campina Grande. These | Continue reading


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A Helpful Shepherd Dog Cleans a Baby Lamb’s Face

A beautiful Australian shepherd dog named Riley at the Buckwheat Bridge Farm in New York's Hudson Valley, quite considerately licked clean the sweet face | Continue reading


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Musician Simultaneously Plays Lead, Rhythm and Bass of ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ on Harp Guitar

Musician Jamie Dupuis perched himself upon a boulder and performed an amazing cover of the Queen classic "Another One Bites the Dust" on his wonderfully | Continue reading


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Wonderful Photos of Stray Cats Poking Their Little Heads Out of Drain Pipe Holes in the Street

Nyankichi Rojiupa, a compassionate photographer in Japan, captures wonderful photos of the stray cats who play around a drain pipe in the street. A number | Continue reading


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Food Meets Sports in an Entertaining 3D Animation

Reactiv, a motion design and visual effects house in Toronto, Canada, has created "Food Play", a cleverly entertaining 3D animation in which food meets | Continue reading


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The Challenges of Building Neuschwanstein, Bavarian King Ludwig II’s Fantastical Mountaintop Castle

The construction focused video series The B1M takes a look at Neuschwanstein, the fantastical mountaintop castle that King Ludwig II of Bavaria wanted to | Continue reading


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50 People From the 50 Different States in the United States Share the Worst Thing About Where They Live

In a rather revealing episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Culturally Speaking, 50 people from the 50 different states within the USA share the worst | Continue reading


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The Skulls of Your Enemies

The Skulls of Your Enemies and many other wonderful fake toys by Obvious Plant will be available at Obvious Plant's Museum of Toys popup exhibit in Los | Continue reading


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Inigo Montoya’s Guide to Networking Success

Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride provides some insightful tips on how to succeed at networking. Thanks Chip Beale! | Continue reading


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98 Colorful Singing Puppets Teach Children How to Be Kind to Others in a Wonderful Video Series by Cheerios

As part of their Good Goes Round campaign, Cheerios partnered with design house 72andSunny, director Jonny Kelly of Nexus Studios, illustrators Nous Vous | Continue reading


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Former TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport Being Turned Into Lavish 1962 Retro Hotel With an Enormous Lobby

The futuristic former TWA Flight Center designed by Eero Saarinen has sat empty at John F. Kennedy airport since the airline shut down in 2001. This | Continue reading


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Man Hilariously Autotunes His Cat’s Persistent Meow

Photographer and Disney feature animation layout artist Joaquin Baldwin grew a bit frustrated with his rather vociferous and very persistent Bengal cat | Continue reading


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Spider-Ham Refuses to Let a Mad Scientist Ruin His Meal in an ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ Blu-Ray Bonus Short

In a bonus short for the release of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse on Blu-ray (March 19, 2019) and digital (February 26, 2019), Spider-Ham (Peter | Continue reading


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Observant Cat Watches Commuters Scan Their Passes

An observant, stray calico cat who fit perfectly into a curved ticket gate at a station in Tel Aviv, Israel, watched intently as commuters attempted to | Continue reading


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‘Black Panther’ Soundtrack Composer Talks About Going to Africa to Create the Oscar Winning Score

Music writer Jon Burlingame sat down with Ludwig Göransson, the talented composer behind the beautiful, Oscar-winning soundtrack for Black Panther. | Continue reading


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A Bustling Traffic Circle Deconstructs Into 3D Layered Stacks in the Hypnotic Drone Animation ‘Luftraum’

Experimental filmmaker Dirk Koy has created "Luftraum", a mesmerizing 3D drone animation that shows a bustling traffic circle as it deconstructs itself. | Continue reading


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How an Antiquated Danish Law Keeps the Country Lagging Behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

In a ticking episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott visits the island town of Gudhjem, Denmark to explain why the Nordic country continually | Continue reading


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Illuminated Scrabble Tiles With Changeable Letters

Firebox is featuring a very clever tabletop light that's made up of seven glowing letter tiles that sit in a charging replica tile rack from the game | Continue reading


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A Skittish Kitten and a Lonely Pit Bull Slowly Become the Best of Friends in the Pixar Animated Short ‘Kitbull’

In the truly poignant hand-drawn Pixar SparkShorts animated short film "Kitbull" by Rosana Sullivan, a tiny, skittish stray kitten who cuddles up with a | Continue reading


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How Monty Python’s Mix of Postmodern Absurdity and Political Satire Influenced Shows Like ‘Rick and Morty’

Jared Bauer of Wisecrack takes a deep dive into the iconic Monty Python comedy troupe and how their particular mix of postmodern meta-narratives, | Continue reading


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How the Physical and Emotional Components of Loneliness Combine Into a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

The cleverly insightful animated video series Kurzgesagt takes on the subject of loneliness. They first look into the necessity of being in the company of | Continue reading


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A Hilariously Animated Gordon Ramsay Storms Around ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ in a Profanity-Laced Culinary Tirade

In February 2018, animator Zeeeko created "Where's the Lamb Sauce?", a hilarious animation of the very forthright celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay as he | Continue reading


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Singer Emily Goglia Fronts Postmodern Jukebox in a Sultry Cover of the ‘Pinky and the Brain’ Theme Song

Scott Bradlee of Postmodern Jukebox invited singer Emily Goglia to perform a very sultry cover of the theme song from Pinky and The Brain. Musicians Rob | Continue reading


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Little Cat Has Big Love for His Plush Bunny Buddy

A beautiful little Singapura cat named Malt spends a lot of time with his favorite buddy - a plush bunny that's almost the same size as him. Malt | Continue reading


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How Specific Visual Cues Can Help Stimulate an Appetite for Healthier Food

A team of British scientists is examining different ways to encourage people to eat healthier, more nutritious and sustainable food. Quartz looked at one | Continue reading


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Willem Dafoe Breaks Down His Most Iconic Roles

While promoting the film At Eternity's Gate, legendary actor Willem Dafoe sat down with GQ to talk about playing the role of Vincent Van Gogh. While doing | Continue reading


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Paleontologists Blindly Build a Baby T. Rex Model With Extrapolated Information From Other Related Species

In preparation for the T. rex: The Ultimate Predator exhibition, paleontologist Mark Norell and the model-makers at the American Museum of Natural History | Continue reading


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Stunning Rare Northern Lights Footage Over the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program in Alaska

Filmmakers Harun Mehmedinovic and Gavin Heffernan of Sun Chaser Pictures were given special permission to film the skies over H.A.A.R.P. (High-Frequency | Continue reading


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How Their Ever Evolving Audience Influenced the Way The Beatles Wrote About Love

In celebration of Valentine's Day, music writer Polyphonic (previously) examines the different ways that The Beatles wrote love songs. Much had to do with | Continue reading


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Man Helplessly Slides Down His Steep Icy Driveway

While carefully putting down rock salt to give foothold and melt the thick sheet of ice that had formed on his steep driveway, homeowner Jeffrey Takach | Continue reading


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A Frenetic Animated History of Greenland, Mexico and Antarctica Told in Less Than Two Minutes

"Wild Frolicking Adventures of Informational Education" by the forthright Bill Wurtz, who in his distinctively frenetic animated style, tackles the | Continue reading


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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Hilariously Shares the Plot for His Unrealized Action Hero Film ‘Accordion Repo Man’

In a rather energetic interview with IMDb for their Unmade series, the five-time Grammy Award winner "Weird Al" Yankovic shared his idea for an unrealized | Continue reading


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Stunning Deep Sea Footage of a Protective Iridescent Cuttlefish Closely Guarding Eggs Under a Rock

Award-winning underwater cinematographer Jarrod Boord (previously) captured absolutely stunning footage of a vigilant cuttlefish closely guarding | Continue reading


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Adorable Animals Cleverly Created Out of Food

Helga Stentzel, a talented visual artist in London, creates wonderful vignettes that feature adorable little animals that are made completely out of | Continue reading


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Tough Father Consoles His Sensitive Son About Spider Under His Bed in a Creatively Animated Music Video

In 2007, illustrator Kirsten Lepore (previously) drew a very detailed animation for the Garrett Davis song "Story from North America" which describes a | Continue reading


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Wavelength, A Social Guessing Game That Challenges Players to Read Each Other’s Minds

Wolfgang Warsch, creator of the game The Mind, joined forces with fellow game designers Alex Hague and Justin Vickers, who made the game Monikers, created | Continue reading


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A Beautiful Golden Retriever and His Beloved Food Dispensing Human Pose Together in Adorable Photos

A beautiful golden retriever named Hugo who lives in London, UK with his beloved food dispensing, pet photographer human Ursula Daphne Aitchison. The two | Continue reading


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The Simple Safety Reason That Explains Why Plane Cabin Lights Are Turned Off During Takeoff and Landing

In a lofty video essay for Cheddar, producer Patrick Jones explains why the cabim lights are turned out both during the takeoff and landing of a plane. It | Continue reading


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Husqvarna Launches ‘Timber’, An App That Matches Tree Lovers With Available Trees for Valentine’s Day

In celebration of Valentine's Day, Swedish outdoor power products company Husqvarna has amusingly launched Timber, the world's first dating service that | Continue reading


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Tesla Introduces a Temperature Regulating ‘Dog Mode’ That Assures Passersby That the Dogs Within Are Safe

Tesla Motors has introduced the very thoughtful "Dog Mode" for their vehicles. This wonderful dashboard feature not only regulates the temperature inside | Continue reading


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Lucas the Spider and His Brand New Friend the Fly Search the House for Something Yummy to Eat

After becoming friends with the skittish fly who got caught in his lovingly homemade web, a very happy Lucas the Spider decided that he was hungry. Lucas | Continue reading


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‘Stranger Things’ Dungeons & Dragons Starter Kit

In a very meta nod to the sublime Netflix series Stranger Things and its 1980s nostalgia, Hasbro is releasing a Stranger Things Dungeons and Dragons | Continue reading


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