How the Mysterious Mythology of the Japanese Ninja Became So Popular Within Western Culture

In an enigmatic video essay for the Vox series Overrated, host Phil Edwards takes a look at how the mythology of the mysterious Japanese ninja so pervaded | Continue reading


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The Surprising Beauty of Gentle Giant Moths

In 2015, Dutch moth and butterfly breeder Bart Coppens showcased the surprising beauty of the giant moths he's raised. Like their butterfly cousins, these | Continue reading


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A Giant Kinetic Mechanical Exoskeleton That Can Increase the Size and Capabilities of the Human Body

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ??????? (@skeletonics) on Jul 9, 2018 at 3:25am PDT The Japanese company Skeletonics has created a line of | Continue reading


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Dogs vs Cats

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Why the World Needs Hufflepuffs More Than Ever

Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of ScreenPrism take a look at the Hogwarts House of Hufflepuff. Specifically they look at the fixed moral code of | Continue reading


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Twenty Playful Giant Purple Inflatable Tentacles Take Over Building 611 at the Philadelphia Naval Yard

In 2008, we wrote about the very playful Octo-Pied building by FilthyLuker and Pedro Estrellas (Luke Egan and Pete Hamilton), which featured inflatable | Continue reading


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A Playful French Bulldog Puppy Sadly Searches for the Bubble That Had Burst Without Any Warning

An absolutely adorable French bulldog puppy who had been gleefully playing with a big soap bubble, suddenly stopped and sadly began searching for his | Continue reading


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‘Better Call Saul’ Writers Share How They Created the Con to Get Charges Dropped Against Jimmy’s Sidekick

In an amusing behind the scenes interview, the writers behind the sublime Vince Gilligan series Better Call Saul shared exactly how they crafted the con | Continue reading


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The Tallest Man in the United States Opens Up About Living His Life in a Regular Sized World

In a 2011 episode of 60 Minutes Australia, host Michael Usher traveled to Rochester, Minnesota to meet with 29 year old Igor Vovkovinskiy - the tallest | Continue reading


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The Wonderfully Forthright Allee Willis Talks About Writing ‘September’ and the ‘Friends’ Theme Song

The very forthright Allee Willis, award-winning and nominated songwriter, artist, director, collector, art director, social artist and party thrower | Continue reading


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Avid Adventurers Skillfully Ski Down a Hillside Forest That’s Fully Blanketed With Autumn Leaves

Seeing the beautiful fall leaves blanketing a forest floor in Southern France, a pair of avid adventurers decided that they really didn't want to wait the | Continue reading


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A Contagious Dance Spreads to Everyone in the Surreal Music Video for ‘SKIBIDI’ by Little Big

In the wonderfully surreal video for the Little Big song "SKIBIDI", a man (Ilya Prusikin) starts dancing a contagious dance that seems to spread to | Continue reading


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Johnnie Walker Embraces Winter in ‘Game of Thrones’ Inspired ‘White Walker’ Blended Scotch Whisky

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Johnnie Walker (@johnniewalker) on Oct 4, 2018 at 4:24am PDT In high anticipation of HBO show Game of Thrones | Continue reading


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The Quick Moving, Highly Efficient Process Behind the One Shot Character Introduction Sequence in ‘Kidding’

The creators of the Showtime series Kidding shared via a vertical split-screen, the quick moving, efficient single-shot process of introducing a new | Continue reading


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Iconic Banksy Artwork Shreds Itself After Being Auctioned Off at Sotheby’s For $1.4 million

View this post on Instagram Going, going, gone... A post shared by Banksy (@banksy) on Oct 5, 2018 at 6:45pm PDT Sotheby's in London held an auction for | Continue reading


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A Little Seal Crawls Across the Sand to Say Hello

An absolutely adorable little seal crawled across the sand to say hello to some beachgoers. At first the visitors were happy to greet the curious pinniped | Continue reading


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Dancer Performs a Brilliant, Deliberately Clumsy Acrobatic Routine to a Flawless Cover of ‘Clair de lune’

In honor of the Debussy Centenary, slapstick dancer and comedian Yoann Bourgeois performed a brilliant, deliberately clumsy acrobatic routine to a piano | Continue reading


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Seattle Clay Artist Sculpts Incredibly Realistic Faces Into Gorgeous Pieces of Hand Thrown Pottery

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adrien Miller (@adrienmillerart) on Nov 9, 2017 at 1:53pm PST Seattle clay artist Adrien Miller creates | Continue reading


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Fabulously Creative Prostheses That Offer Unique Pieces of Personal Art in Place of a Missing Limb

View this post on Instagram A post shared by @thealternativelimbproject on Nov 3, 2017 at 6:48am PDT In 2013, we wrote about prosthesis designer Sophie de | Continue reading


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An Imaginative Girl’s ‘Tea Party’ Goes Disturbingly Off the Rails as Her Tea Set Sprouts Mouths and Fingers

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ronit Baranga (@ronitbaranga) on Aug 17, 2018 at 9:36am PDT Israeli artist Ronit Baranga has created "Tea | Continue reading


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How the Casting of a Female Doctor Who Could Change How Women Are Portrayed in Science Fiction

In July 2017 we wrote about the BBC announcement that the 13th iteration of Doctor Who would be played by Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to play the | Continue reading


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Determined Dog Who Repeatedly Attempts to Scale a Concrete Wall Finally Makes Over to the Other Side

Upon hearing the sound of some fellow canines on the other side of a concrete barrier, a rather determined dog in Araucária, Paraná, Brazil made several | Continue reading


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Making a Tiny Bell Out of Two Kennedy Half Dollars

Coin jewelry maker Skyler Jenkins of The Mint - Change You Can Wear shows step-by-step how to make a miniature bell out of two 1964 Kennedy half dollars - | Continue reading


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A Deep Sea Look at Microorganisms That Are Changing the Chemical Balance of the Earth in a Very Good Way

In the sixth episode of the Motherboard series The Most Unknown, geobiologist Victoria Orphan and astrophysicist Rachel Smith explain how microorganism | Continue reading


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Mobilimb, An Attachable Articulating Robotic Finger That Greatly Enhances Mobile Device Capabilities

A consortium of French researchers, Marc Teyssier (Sorbonne HCI Group, Gilles Bailly (ISIR -Sorbonne Université), Catherine Pelachaud (ISIR -Sorbonne | Continue reading


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Talented Hurdy-Gurdy Musician Plays a Heartbreaking Solo That Sounds Like It’s Being Played on a Violin

Russian musician Andrey Vinogradov, about whom we've written previously, performed a heartbreakingly beautiful solo on his hurdy-gurdy, which sounded very | Continue reading


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ReActor, A Whimsical Balancing House That Spins With the Wind and Tilts Like a Seesaw From Side to Side

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alex Schweder (@schweder1) on Jun 12, 2016 at 5:35am PDT Performance architect Alex Schweder has designed a | Continue reading


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A Friendly Wild Grey Seal Gives a Big Hug to a Human Diver He Approached for Affectionate Interaction

British doctor and experience diver Ben Burville, whose main interest is in the well-being of wild grey seals in the Farnes Islands, has established a | Continue reading


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How Stenography Differs From QWERTY Typing

In 2015 Stanley Sakai, a stenographer by trade, visually and verbally offered a "quick and dirty" explanation about what stenography is, what | Continue reading


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The Core Principles Implemented by Early Disney Animators That Bring Their Iconic Illustrations to Life

Filmmaker Kristian Williams, who's also known as "kaptainkristian", took an illustrative look at the distinctly Disney style of animation. To do this, | Continue reading


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David Attenborough Follows the Lives of Five Different Wild Families in His New BBC Earth Series ‘Dynasties’

In honor of World Animal Day, BBCEarth announced that Sir David Attenborough, the velvet voiced narrator of so many iconic wildlife documentaries would be | Continue reading


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Unwitting Deer Covers Phil Collins’ Drum Solo From ‘In the Air Tonight’ While Walking Through a Castle Slide

Australian filmmaker Josh Ballico of Elevator5 Productions captured the hilarious sight of a deer heading straight for a children's backyard castle slide | Continue reading


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An Amazing Interactive Online Machine That Creates a Customizable M.C. Escher Metamorphosis

The Dutch media corporation NTR has put together "The Metamorphosis of Escher", an amazing narrated visual tour about the legendary artist, which includes | Continue reading


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Wilson Fisk Enlists a Fake ‘Devil of Hell’s Kitchen’ to Take Down Matt Murdock in Season Three of ‘Daredevil’

In the trailer for the third season of Daredevil, a downtrodden Matt Murdock discards his bulletproof suit, burns away the remnants of his civilian life | Continue reading


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How the Classic Cereal That Contains Neither Grapes Nor Nuts Was Ultimately Named ‘Grape Nuts’

In a fortifying episode of the Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains exactly how Grape Nuts, a cereal with a Hollywood past, got its name | Continue reading


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Yarn Obsessed Mother Crochets a Brilliant Predator Halloween Costume for Her Film Obsessed Son

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Crochetverse (@crochetverse) on Sep 26, 2018 at 2:04pm PDT Yarn artist Stephanie Pokorny of Crochetverse | Continue reading


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An Oddly Elegant Lizard Gobbles Down His Dinner

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarah Curry (@winston_the_tegu) on May 24, 2018 at 10:11am PDT A really handsome, sweet and intelligent | Continue reading


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A Preview of the Uniquely Stunning Artwork Featured in Volume 49 of Hi-Fructose Magazine

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hi-Fructose Magazine (@hifructosemag) on Sep 13, 2018 at 11:12am PDT Volume 49 of Hi-Fructose: The New | Continue reading


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Cosmic Cat Beds Inspired by Classic Spaceships

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Myzoo??? (@myzoostudio) on Feb 8, 2018 at 6:42pm PST The Japanese pet supply company MYZOO Studio has created | Continue reading


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An Autonomous Robotic Golf Caddie That Obediently Follows Golfers Around the Course Like a Dog

The Rover is an autonomous golf caddie that acts more like an obedient dog than a robot. The Rover is completely hands-free and simply requires a clip-on | Continue reading


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How Gratuitous Celebrity Cameos Disrupt a Film’s Flow

Will Schoder, a filmmaker who creates thought provoking cinematic video essays, took a humorous look at how celebrity cameos, when not done well, are | Continue reading


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HoverGlide, An Ingenious Floating Backpack That Constantly Shifts Weight on a Rail as the Wearer Moves

The HoverGlide is an ingenious backpack that constantly balances the interior load, making it seem lighter than it is. This balance is achieved with a | Continue reading


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An Anthropomorphic Bottle Opener Goes For a Bumpy But Thrilling Ride on a Virtual Roller Coaster

Actor, writer and comedian Sam Fletcher posted a rather humorous video of an anthropomorphic bottle opener aptly named Mr. Bottle-Opener going for a | Continue reading


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Creating a Unique Random Note Scale With Dyads That Propel Harmonic Motion Without a Perfect Fifth

The fast talking doodling music theorist and musician 12tone visually and verbally challenged himself to create a truly unique working scale from random | Continue reading


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Joseph of Joseph’s Machines Shares How He Creates His Wonderfully Complex Rube Goldberg Contraptions

Over the years, we've posted a number of the wonderfully complex and humorous Rube Goldberg machines created by inventor Joseph Herscher of Joseph's | Continue reading


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How to Turn a Simple Chromatic Scale Into a Badass Bass Solo Through Intense Video Editing

Davie504, the incredible bassist who is constantly performing in new and creative ways, showed how to take a simple chromatic scale and edit it to look | Continue reading


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Adorable Footage of Baby Meerkats Frolicking About

Just one month after their birth, five tiny little baby meerkats at the Symbio Wildlife Park in Helensburgh New South Wales, Australia, took their first | Continue reading


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A Clever Animation Showing How Numbers Can Be Seen In Organic Shapes Created In Daily Life

In the very clever animation "Number Who", Brooklyn illustrator Gung-Kai Koo vividly shows through bright pastel colors, how numbers can be seen in the | Continue reading


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