A Brilliant Hyperlapse Shot on an iPhone Showcasing the ‘I, Robot’ Art Theme of Burning Man 2018

San Francisco filmmaker Mark Day, the creative eye behind the "24 Hours at Burning Man series", shared a brilliant hyperlapse showcasing the magnifient | Continue reading


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A Scented Soy Candle in a Takeout Style Tin That Emits the Distinctively Tantalizing Aroma of Chinese Food

Cool Material is offering the "Takeout Candle" a truly unique candle that uses notes of soy, lemongrass and ginger to emit the distinctively tantalizing | Continue reading


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Specific Light Techniques That Make a Portrait Subject’s Eyes Stand Out From the Rest of the Face

Light Club has put out an incredibly informative video essay about using light while shooting (or painting) portraits in such a way as to make the eyes | Continue reading


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A Full Head Smiling Sloth Mask That Unleashes One’s Hidden Inner Beast of Slow Moving Relaxation

Online novelty retailer Archie McPhee, who are known for their wonderfully realistic looking masks, has added a full head smiling sloth to their | Continue reading


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How the Women in John Krasinski’s Life Encouraged Him to Keep Pushing Himself Further in His Career

In a friendly interview with Stephen Colbert, the affable actor John Krasinski talked about how the women in his life have had a profound effect upon his | Continue reading


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Rami Malek Talks About His Incredible Experience Playing Freddie Mercury in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, actor Rami Malek talked about his experience of portraying Freddie Mercury in the highly-anticipated upcoming biopic | Continue reading


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Japanese Rock Star Yoshiki Prepares a Warm Omelet Blanket For a Shivering Cat Made Out of Ketchup Rice

In an absolutely adorable ad campaign for the Japanese egg company Akita, mega rock star Yoshiki of X Japan prepares a nice warm omelet as a blanket for | Continue reading


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Texas Band Hiraeth Tries to Recruit a Vocalist With a Heavy Metal Instrumental Called ‘We Need a Singer’

The Texas band Hiraeth very cleverly put out a call for a vocalist to join them with a heavy metal instrumental entitled "We Need a Singer". Really. We | Continue reading


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Sir Paul McCartney Talks About the Legendary Breakup of The Beatles on The Howard Stern Show

While appearing on The Howard Stern Show to promote his new album, the great Paul McCartney responded to a question about the breakup of The Beatles posed | Continue reading


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An Amazing Cover of the Iconic Queen Anthem ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Performed by 28 Trombones

Trombonist Christopher Bill gathered 27 of his talented peers to perform an amazing cover of the iconic Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody". This brilliant | Continue reading


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Burt Reynolds Explains the Story Behind the ‘Purdy Mouth’ Line in a Scene From ‘Deliverance’

Several months before his untimely death, actor Burt Reynolds appeared on Conan to talk about his career. During the interview, Conan brought up the | Continue reading


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How a Naturalist Learned to Communicate With the Wild Turkey Youngsters He’d Raised From Hatchlings

In a clip from the 2011 PBS documentary My Life as a Turkey, American naturalist and author Joe Hutto explains how he's learning to communicate with the | Continue reading


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The Ancient Genetic Component That Connects All of Humanity to a Single Ancestor

Real Life Lore offers some helpful assistance in the confusing subject of common genetic ancestry, which connects all of humanity to an MRCA (Most Recent | Continue reading


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Actor Domhnall Gleeson Explains How He’s Able to Play Such a Wide Array of Different Accents

In an interview with Insider, Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson affably talks about the wide array of accents he's portrayed in a number of films, explaining | Continue reading


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The Brilliant Complexity Embedded in the Simple I IV V Chord Progression of Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’

In memory of the late, great Aretha Franklin, the doodling, fast talking and extremely knowledgeable music theorist 12Tone musically breaks down "Respect" | Continue reading


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19 Year Old Domino Artist Shares Her Motivation for Creating Wonderfully Elaborate Temporary Displays

The talented Lily Havesh, who designs wonderfully elaborate domino displays, sat down with the Wired series Obessed to talk about her passion for the | Continue reading


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An Incredible Medley of Three Popular Iron Maiden Songs Performed on a Gorgeous Triple Neck Guitar

Musician Luca Stricagnoli, who previously performed a hauntingly beautiful cover of the U2 song 'With or Without You' on his custom namesake triple neck | Continue reading


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A Wayward Chicken Rudely Walks Across a Freshly Paved Concrete Sidewalk Leaving a Trail of Footprints

While workers in Mooroolbark Victoria, Australia were laying down a new sidewalk, a wayward chicken came out of nowhere and rudely walked across the wet | Continue reading


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How Perfectionism Combined With a Rotating Roster of Brilliant Session Musicians Made Steely Dan So Good

In a brilliantly and detailed analysis, the knowledgeable music essayist Polyphonic takes a look at the absolute genius of Steely Dan. He specifically | Continue reading


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Italian Free Immersion Diver With a Fin Sets Women’s World Record at an Astounding Depth of 107 Meters

On the very last day of the 2018 Vertical Blue competition at Dean's Blue Hole, Bahamas, Italian free immersion diver Alessia Zecchini set the women's | Continue reading


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At Eternity’s Gate, A Semi-Factual Biographical Film That Goes Inside the Brilliant Mind of Vincent Van Gogh

At Eternity's Gate is a very creative, semi-factual, fantastic biographical film by Julian Schnabel that goes inside the brilliant mind of the tortured | Continue reading


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Talented One-Armed Musician Brilliantly Performs a Beautiful Violin Arrangement With a Prosthetic Bow Arm

Manami Ito is a woman of many talents. Not only is she a champion Japanese paralympic swimmer and nurse by trade, she also plays the violin beautifully. | Continue reading


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If You Fall, A Loving Father Teaches His Daughter How to Ride a Bicycle in the Face of Family Discord

In the wonderfully heartwarming animation "If You Fall" by Tisha Deb Pallai, a little girl named Lila is learning how to ride a bicycle, but is not yet | Continue reading


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Stunning Short Film About a Visitor to an Uninhabited Planet Shot Entirely by a Drone in the Utah Desert

"The Visitor" by Australian filmmaker and designer Pete Majarich is an absolutely stunning, atmospheric short film about a lone astronaut exploring the | Continue reading


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A Wonderful Animated Vignette About Writing While Swimming by Legendary Neurologist Oliver Sacks

In an amusing vignette from the crowdfunded Dempsey Rice documentary, The Animated Mind Of Oliver Sacks (still in development as of this date), the | Continue reading


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An Elderly Pet Rat Walks Around the Kitchen Inside a Homemade Sling Held in Place by a Kind Human

An elderly pet rat who has had trouble getting around the house as of late, was able to walk through the kitchen inside a homemade sling held in place by | Continue reading


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How Marie Schrader’s Spitefulness in ‘Breaking Bad’ Is a Microcosm of the Motivations That Drive Walter White

As part of their ongoing series of deconstructing the rich symbolism and character development within the sublime AMC series Breaking Bad, Debra Minoff | Continue reading


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The Mathematical Complexity of Dodecaphony Within La Monte Young’s Opus ‘The Well Tuned Piano’

The doodling, fast talking and extremely knowledgeable music theorist 12Tone takes on one of the most puzzling, but beautiful pieces of modern classical | Continue reading


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Anna and the Apocalypse, A Young Woman Hunts the Undead in a Christmastime Musical Horror Film

In the trailer for the upcoming film Anna and the Apocalypse, a young woman named Anna and her friends are getting ready for Christmas when they discover | Continue reading


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Iconic Modernist Architecture Beautifully Reimagined in the Pastoral Style of Thomas Kinkade Paintings

View this post on Instagram A post shared by @robyniko on Aug 23, 2018 at 2:40pm PDT It all started out with a tweet by architect Donna Sink, who asked if | Continue reading


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How the Flooding of Stress Induced Corticosteroids in the Brain Can Temporarily Wipe Out One’s Memory

In a disquieting Ted-Ed lesson written by educator Elizabeth Cox and animated by Gerta Xhelo, narrator Christina Greer explains how memory is connected to | Continue reading


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Jammy, A MIDI Controlled Portable Steel String Digital Guitar That Can Be Easily Disassembled for Traveling

The Jammy by RnD64 is a really neat super portable digital guitar that can be easily disassembled for traveling and reassembled for playing. When | Continue reading


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Awesome Auggie, A Tiny Rescued French Bulldog Puppy Who Needs Help Paying for Cleft Palate Surgery

View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.N.O.R.T. Rescue (@snortrescue) on Aug 7, 2018 at 6:03am PDT A teeny tiny French bulldog puppy who was given | Continue reading


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A Unique Set of Clam Flavored Candy Canes For Those Who Prefer to Spend Christmas on the Beach

The fabulous online novelty retailer Archie McPhee, that has a fascination for innovative ways to reinvent the candy cane, has released their unique | Continue reading


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Massive Animals Made Out of Rice, Straw and Rope Hold Court During the 2018 Wara Art Festival in Japan

For the 11th year in a row, the innovative students of Musashino Art University along with those in the community, worked together to create incredible | Continue reading


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A Downy Baby Owl Obligingly Hops Across the Grass With Spread Wings Upon Hearing Human’s Whistle

An adorably downy baby owl obligingly hopped across the grass with fluffy spread wings upon hearing a whistle in the air. When the owl arrived, the hoped | Continue reading


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How Dwight Schrute of ‘The Office’ Grew to Accept Others While Marching to the Beat of His Own Drum

In their ongoing analysis of the popular series The Office, Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of ScreenPrism analyzed the highly abrasive but very | Continue reading


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A Demonstration of How an Upper Class Gentleman in the 18th Century Would Get Dressed in the Morning

A fascinating video from National Liverpool Museums offers a view into the past with a comprehensive demonstration showing the specific order involved in | Continue reading


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Why the Michael Jackson Song ‘Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough’ Has Remained Timeless for So Many Years

Video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter took a reflective look at the timelessness of Michael Jackson's 1979 song "Don't Stop 'Til | Continue reading


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Superhero Action Figure Comes to Life With the Power of 3D to Save Woman From the Jaws of an Octopus

In the amusingly brilliant stop motion animation "Captain 3D" by Victor Haegelin, a superhero action figure sitting upon a desk accidentally comes to life | Continue reading


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Managed WordPress at Laughing Squid Hosting

Some readers may realize this, but Laughing Squid is also a web hosting company that focuses on Managed WordPress hosting. The revenue from our hosting | Continue reading


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Rodeo Announcer Rides Around His Northern New Jersey Town on a Homemade Battery Powered Horse

Stephen Bacque, a Cranford, New Jersey resident by way of Houston, Texas, rides around town on a battery powered horse of his own original design. | Continue reading


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Justin Roiland of ‘Rick and Morty’ Offers Several Hilariously Handy Tips for Successful Voice Over Work

Justin Roiland, the brilliant mind and voice behind the sublime animated series Rick and Morty, offers up some hilarious tips that can come in handy for | Continue reading


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I Think We’re Alone Now, A Haunting Film About the Sole Survivor of an Apocalypse Meeting Another Person

In the haunting Reed Morano film I Think We're Alone Now, the incredible Peter Dinklage plays the role of Del, an involuntarily reclusive man who is the | Continue reading


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Fascinating Chart Showing How Much the Temperature Has Increased in Your Hometown Since Your Birth

The New York Times has put together a fascinating interactive chart that reveals just how much the temperature has increased (by number of days) in your | Continue reading


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MTA Pays Tribute to Aretha Franklin With ‘Respect’ Signs at NYC Subway Stations Named Franklin

A post shared by kevin lai (@kvnlai) on Sep 5, 2018 at 6:05am PDT Since the passing of the great Aretha Franklin on August 16, 2018, some very creative | Continue reading


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Amazing 1977 Footage of Lynyrd Skynyrd Performing in Oakland Three Months Before Their Tragic Plane Crash

Over the July 4 weekend in 1977, the iconic southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd played to a sold-out crowd at the Oakland Coliseum in Northern California. | Continue reading


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A Pair of Fiesty Fawns Play an Adorable Game of Tag With a Bit of Hide-and-Seek Around a Giant Bale of Hay

A pair of rather frisky fawns decided to play a game of tag, with a little hide-and-seek thrown in, around giant rolled up bale of hay. The owner of the | Continue reading


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