Unique Little Animals Make Beautiful Music as They Interact With Nature in the Animated Short ‘Island’

In the animated short "Island" by Max Moertl, an assortment of unique little animals interact with one another and with the nature around them to create | Continue reading


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How the Use of Atonal Harmonies Help Make the Classic Jethro Tull Song ‘Aqualung’ So Powerful

The amusingly doodling, rapidly talking and extremely knowledgeable music theorist 12Tone musically breaks down one of his favorite songs - "Aqualung" by | Continue reading


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A Charming Photo Series Capturing the Simple Elegance of Brightly Colored Front Doors in London

View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Doors of London (@thedoorsofldn) on Mar 18, 2018 at 9:13am PDT Photographer Bella Foxwell, who describes | Continue reading


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Tom Waits’ Ongoing War With Advertising Agencies

Simon Whistler, host of the series Today I Found Out recounts the ongoing war that musician Tom Waits has with advertising agencies who insist upon using | Continue reading


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How Wild Cats Became Domesticated as Pets

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Hypnotic Waves of Coffee With Cream Evoke a Calming Sense of Comfort in ‘Oooh !! My Delicious Coffee’

Thomas Blanchard, an incredibly imaginative color artist created "Oooh !! My Delicious Coffee". This incredibly soothing video features waves of coffee | Continue reading


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Italian Knife Vendor Cuts Produce Into Transparent, Paper Thin Slices With a Super Sharp Tool of His Trade

Italian knife vendor Giacomo Giovannitti filmed himself expertly slicing fruits and vegetables with astoundingly transparent, paper thin results. While | Continue reading


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How an Icy Rain Is Causing Saturn’s Rings to Disappear

Dr. James O'Donoghue, the Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard who created the brilliant animation visualizing the speed and angle at which the eight | Continue reading


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A Brief Narrated History of Legendary New York City Photo Video Store B&H Which Was Founded in 1973

In 1973, Blimie and Herman Schreiber opened a small photography store in TriBeCa (Warren Street), Manhattan, which they named B&H (their first initials). | Continue reading


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United States Immigration From 1830-2015 Beautifully Visualized as Color Coded Rings on a Growing Tree

Data designer Pedro M. Cruz (previously) created an absolutely inspiring, award-winning animation from raw data that visualizes immigration to the United | Continue reading


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Superheroes Cleverly Depicted as Illustrated Cats

View this post on Instagram - AquaCat - Let's go fishing! #aquaman #dc #superhero #cat #catsofinstagram #movie #justiceleague #fanart #fajarekas A | Continue reading


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Musician Performs Unique Cover of ‘Africa’ by Toto on Instruments Made Out of Squash and Sweet Potatoes

Finnish musician Toni Patanen and ocarina maker performed a multi-track cover of the Toto classic "Africa" aka the "the internet's favorite song". What | Continue reading


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Zimbabwean Students Win for Their Performance of a Brilliantly Choreographed Marimba Dance Routine

During the National Institute of Allied Arts, Zimbabwe's 2017 "Vocal and Instrumental Eisteddfod", a group of student from Hillcrest College performed a | Continue reading


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Ohio Tattoo Artist Wants to Make the World a Better Place by Turning Hateful Tattoos Into Beautiful Ink

Beneath the Ink by Minnesota filmmaker Cy Dodson of Triumph Pictures is an incredible portrait of Billy Joe White, a Zanesville, Ohio tattoo artist who | Continue reading


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Charlie Brooker Talks About the Challenge of Creating the Interactive Black Mirror Episode ‘Bandersnatch’

In two different Netflix featurettes connected to Bandersnatch, the incredibly popular interactive episode of Black Mirror, series creator Charlie | Continue reading


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A Handmade Analog Style Wooden Jukebox That Reads Playable Music From Printed Magnetic Cards

In answering a family challenge requiring all Christmas gifts to be homemade, Utah designer Christopher Patty created a really cool wooden jukebox that | Continue reading


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A Montage of the Remarkable Amount of Weight Christian Bale Has Lost and Gained For Film Roles

New York Magazine's Vulture has put together a fascinating montage that shows the remarkable amount of weight that actor Christian Bale has lost and | Continue reading


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How the Rare Traditional Sardinian Delicacy of Maggot Fermented Sheep Cheese Is Made

A mephitic episode of of the Great Big Story series Flavors takes a look at how the "most dangerous cheese in the world" is made. This rare Sardinian | Continue reading


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A Cafe in Tokyo Features Robotic Servers Remotely Controlled by Paralyzed Humans at Home or a Hospital

In April 2016, the Japanese robotics company Ory Laboratories opened up a test cafe using their robots as servers. While the idea of robotic waitstaff is | Continue reading


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Fluffy Baby Emperor Penguin Chicks Create Defensive Circle in a Brave Stand Against a Predatory Bird

In another adorable preview from the the BBC show Spy in the Snow, a fluffy group of Emperor penguin chicks instinctively formed a defensive circle when a | Continue reading


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Guitarist Plays a Pitch Perfect Replication of the Iconic Solo From the Pink Floyd Song ‘Money’

In continuing quest to learn and play the top 100 guitar solos of all time, musician Kelly Dean Allen performs the iconic solo from the Pink Floyd song | Continue reading


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Man With Giant Ears Is Completely Overwhelmed by Street Sounds in the Animation ‘Sensitive Hearing’

In an amusing animation created by Christopher Rutledge and Myles Emmons for Adult Swim, a young man with giant ears finds himself absolutely overwhelmed | Continue reading


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The Bear Hidden in the Toblerone Chocolate Logo

On December 26, 2018, Stephanie in Edmonton, Canada was completely caught off guard when her young son asked her about the bear in the logo of the | Continue reading


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How the Use of the Color Red Simultaneously Evokes a Sense of Both Life and Death in ‘Schindler’s List’

In a rufescent episode of Now You See It, host Jack Nugent explores the use of the color red to convey a variety of emotions that are all very passionate | Continue reading


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Bert Box

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dino Ignacio (@ignaciogram) on Dec 31, 2018 at 9:54pm PST Dino Ignacio, creator of the legendary parody site | Continue reading


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An Amusing Animation Imagining How Certain Fruits Would Move In Order to Get Close to One Another

"ÖBST" by 3D artist Jan Eisner of The Marmalade production house in Frankfurt, Germany, quite amusingly imagines how certain fruits would move in order to | Continue reading


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A Beautifully Disconcerting Visual Meditation About the Frustration of Living With Lifelong Insomnia

Writer Marina Benjamin, who has lived with the frustrating condition of lifelong insomnia, shares a highly descriptive passage from her new, aptly-titled | Continue reading


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What It’s Like Inside the Flat Earth Society Conference

Dylan Dubeau of the video series Not Exactly Normal traveled from Toronto, Ontario to Denver, Colorado in order to go to the Flat Earth Society Conference | Continue reading


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Thoughtful Mom Crochets a Giant Playable Monopoly Game Board Blanket for Her Beloved Daughter

View this post on Instagram A post shared by pilot (@pilotbacon) on Dec 27, 2018 at 11:38am PST Freelance television writer Pirot Viruet tweeted that she | Continue reading


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Artist Uses Wind From Skydiving Freefall to Blow Paint Across Canvas Creating Beautiful Paintings of the Sky

Texas artist Michelle Nirumandrad of Captured Sky created gorgeous interpretations of the sky using different colors of paint that blow across the | Continue reading


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How a Narrow Strip of Sand Connecting a Spanish Island to Africa Became the World’s Shortest Border

In a promontory episode of Half As Interesting, fast talking narrator Sam from Wendover explains how the shortest international border in the world is an | Continue reading


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Stranger Things Returns For Season 3 on July 4, 2019

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stranger Things (@strangerthingstv) on Dec 31, 2018 at 9:01pm PST Netflix has just announced that Stranger | Continue reading


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The Top Movies of 2018 Recreated in LEGO

Toscano Bricks takes a look back at some of the biggest and best movies of 2018, recreated in LEGO. | Continue reading


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Thoughtful Wishes For a Happy New Year Expressed in 6,000 Toppling Dominoes With Fireworks at the End

Domino artist Lily Hevesh a.k.a. "Hevesh5" sent out a very thoughtful wish for a Happy New Year through 6,000 colorful toppling dominoes. The dominoes, | Continue reading


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A Long Legged White Bird Calmly Catches a Convenient Ride on the Tail of a Cooperative Alligator

A tourist visiting Gatorland in Orlando, Florida captured amusing footage of a long legged white bird who calmly caught a ride on the tail of a | Continue reading


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A Giant Alien Xenomorph Made Out of Gingerbread

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Caroline Eriksson (@caroline.d.eriksson) on Dec 29, 2018 at 7:09am PST Norwegian cake designer Carolina | Continue reading


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Satanic Ritual to Summon the Goodest Boy Ever

"Quis est vir bonus puer? Quis est vir bonus puer? Quis est vir bonus puer?" | Continue reading


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A Helpful Explanation About ‘Auld Lang Syne’ and Its Historical Meaning Outside of Greeting the New Year

In a very timely Vox video essay, Laura Bult and Mallory Branagan rather helpfully explain the history and the meaning of the original lyrics to "Auld | Continue reading


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A Beautiful Highly Realistic Japanese Kirie Octopus Delicately Cut From a Single Piece of Paper

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ??????????? Masayo (@kiriesousakukamasayo) on Dec 30, 2018 at 7:28pm PST Japanese kirie artist Masayo Fukuda | Continue reading


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Doomba, A Roomba That Creates Doom Level Maps

Game developer and designer Rich Whitehouse has created Doomba, a script that converts Roomba cleaning maps into level maps for the classic 1993 FPS video | Continue reading


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Trio of Teenage Polar Bears Kick a Snowball Shaped Camera Around In Between Playful Bouts of Fighting

In a fascinating clip from the BBC show Spy in the Snow, a trio of teenage polar bears kick a snowball shaped camera around in between playful bouts of | Continue reading


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A Brilliant Animation Showing How Fast and at What Angle the Largest Planets in Our Solar System Rotate

Dr. James O'Donoghue, a Planetary Scientist at NASA Goddard had some spare time over the holidays, during which he created a brilliant animation of the | Continue reading


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A Fascinating Audio Illusion That Tricks the Mind Into Thinking Grover Said a Swear Word on Sesame Street

In what appears to be another ongoing online illusion along the lines of "Yanny v. Laurel?" or the "Blue Dress", redditor Thomas Schroder posted a clip | Continue reading


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John Malkovich is Detective Hercule Poirot in a Serial Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘The ABC Murders’

The great John Malkovich joins the list of actors who have played Agatha Christie's iconic Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in an Amazon Prime serial | Continue reading


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The Unique Ways That Countries Celebrate New Year’s

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Itchy Feet Comic (@itchyfeetcomic) on Dec 30, 2018 at 8:00am PST Itchy Feet takes a look at some of the | Continue reading


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Five Year Old Autistic Girl Adorably Mistakes a Bride in a Flowing White Dress For Cinderella in Real Life

On October 13 2018, newly-married bride Olivia Spark, her groom Cal Spark and their entire wedding party were taking pictures at Akron Falls Park in | Continue reading


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Three Wireless Doorbells on Their Charging Pads

Florida Boxer Rescue shared this adorable photo of three wireless doorbells on their charging pads. via Florida Boxer Rescue | Continue reading


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What It Would Be Like If Seinfeld Had ‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ Style Interactive Decision Making

Hune Bromin brilliantly images what Seinfeld would have been like if it used interactive decision making points similar to what was featured in "Black | Continue reading


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