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In January 2017, a sleepy owl awoke with a start, looked around the room with big eyes and then let out an adorable little sneeze. After recovering from the first sneeze, the sweet strigidae sneezed again. According to the owl’s human, “The owl will sneeze on cold days.” via Nature is Amazing, swissmiss Sleepy Cat...

While on location in Costa Rica, the adventurous Brave Wilderness host Coyote Peterson and his loyal crew trudged out into the leafy wilderness of the jungle to search for glass frogs, amazing amphibians with translucent skin. Peterson was able to locate a tiny dwarf glass frog, as well as a beautiful green striped glass frog....

A post shared by Stephan Niks (@stephanix3d) on Jul 21, 2017 at 8:40pm PDT Gouda, Netherlands 3D artist Stephan Niks created Anatomini, a detailed 10:1 scale anatomical LEGO model of a minifig that comes complete with a skeleton, organs, and blood vessels. You can help Niks’s idea become an an official LEGO product by being...

German insect enthusiast and breeder Adrian Kozakiewicz of Insecthaus captured absolutely adorable footage of a rather determined praying mantis perched in front of an iPhone and attempting to catch a digital spider that was scampering across the screen of a video game made for cats. A Creepy Crawly Collection of Insects Built Out of LEGOIncredible...

In a striking episode of the Vox series Overrated, video producer Phil Edwards explains the fascinating history of the typewriter, the different ways the keyboard letters were arranged, who invented the QWERTY keyboard and how the Union Typewriter Company, a conglomerate of typewriter manufacturers, permanently affixed QWERTY as the standard keyboard arrangement. Over time, however,...

The BBC has released a gorgeous sneak peak for Blue Planet II, a sequel to their critically acclaimed sea life documentary series The Blue Planet. The series will feature beautifully shot footage and images of the deep blue seas and aquatic life from around the earth and will be narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Attenborough...

A post shared by SEABREACHER (@theseabreacher) on Oct 14, 2014 at 5:59pm PDT The Seabreacher is a custom built two seat semi-submersible watercraft, designed and developed by Innespace Productions, that is available as a shark, a dolphin, a whale, or any other requested creation. Unlike conventional watercraft that only operate on a two dimensional plane,...

Actor Zac Efron, who arrived home in a gorgeously restored 1964 and a half Mustang that he inherited from his grandfather, met up with Joe Sabia of Condé Nast Entertainment who asked him 73 random questions for the ongoing Vogue series. Efron was happy to provide answers as he gave Sabia a tour of his...

Paramount Pictures released a teaser trailer for Annihilation, a sci-fi film directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, 28 Days Later) and based on the book of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer. The film follows a biologist named Lena (Natalie Portman) who sets out on a dangerous expedition, in an area plagued by a mysterious...

HBO released chapter one of Game of Thrones Conquest & Rebellion, an animated look at the chaotic events that shaped the seven kingdoms in Westeros. All of the events highlighted in the 45-minute storybook style animated series, beginning with “Valyria’s Last Scion: House Targaryen,” took place thousands of years before the Game of Thrones television...

Comedian and musician Gus Johnson released a parody of the Primitive Technology series, appropriately titled “Even Primitiver Technology,” where he hilariously runs around in his underwear while demonstrating all of the amazing things that you can do with rocks. How to Make a Reusable Charcoal Mound in the WoodsGoodnight iPad, A Parody of the Children’s...

A father in Pearl River, Louisiana captured footage of his 5-year-old son operating a giant backhoe. The awesome little kid successfully scooped up some dirt and dropped into the back of a dump truck. Me and my son were at a local dirt pit. Each time we loaded the truck I let him sit on...

Shrekfest is an annual celebration of Shrek films that takes place at James Madison Park in Madison, Wisconsin. Event host, 3GI, posted footage from Shrekfest 2017 featuring a fun group of Shrek fans, their hilarious costumes, and an epic onion eating contest. A post shared by 3GI (@the3gi) on Sep 5, 2017 at 8:01pm PDT...

Burger Fiction presents their selections for the 100 greatest movie gadgets of all time. They show off the hoverboard from Back to the Future Part II, the Mark V suitcase armor from Iron Man 2, and Data’s slick shoes from The Goonies. The 50 Greatest Movie Trailers of All TimeThe 100 Greatest Movie Threats of...

American Made star Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman met up with Wired to answer some of the web’s most searched questions about themselves during an Autocomplete Interview. Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions About ThemselvesChris Evans Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions About HimselfAmy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Answer...

In “What’s It Like To Have No Memory?”, by Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi aka Blocko explains what happens within the brain to cause memory loss, particularly that of Alzheimer’s Disease and other age related diseases, and how frightening memory loss can be. Blocko also offers the incredible resource of Abe’s Garden, who explains in...

A post shared by Nudie Patooties (@nudiepatooties) on Sep 25, 2017 at 6:41pm PDT Nudie Patooties is a wonderfully adorable line of clothing specifically created for the specific needs of hairless cats. Based in Bloomington, Minnesota, the company is owned by a mother daughter duo were making clothes for their own sphynx cats and decided...

YouTuber Tom Scott visited New Haven, Connecticut to take a look at a perpetual bond that’s 367 years old from the Lekdijk Bovendams water authority in the Netherlands that is being housed at Yale University. Scott spoke with Professor of Corporate Finance Professor Rouwenhorst about the bond and was surprised to learn that it was...

While travelling down a Sri Lankan road, tourist riding around in a guided tuk tuk came across a wayward elephant. A local man witnessing the scene, came up with a way to distract the hungry pachyderm, but unfortunately, something got lost in translation. The elephant proceeded to knock over the vehicle and examine all its...

Artist and YouTuber Wee Scottish Lass hilariously attempted to pronounce English words and phrases that were linguistically difficult for her to say. Included in this list were the name Carol and the random terms such as “purple burglar alarm” and “Irish Wrist watch”. Sometimes there are some things Scottish people cannot say… Like we just...

Official Baseball Rulebook, Rule 6.01 (n): If a player brings you nachos, they automatically become your new favorite player. #ThatsCub pic.twitter.com/1csmSdjoFL — Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) September 26, 2017 During a September 25th game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, the far reaching Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell dove into the stands to make an unlikely...

Ekaterina Lisina, a 6’9″ Russian model and former Olympic athlete, has set two Guinness World Records with her gorgeous pair of gams – the first for having the longest legs on a female and the second for being the tallest model. Lisina, who was teased in her Penza school when she was younger, intends to...

Game Revealed is a seven part series that goes behind the scenes and gives us a look at how the seventh season of Game of Thrones came to life. In a clip from episode 4, titled “Warrior Women,” we get to see the process for creating Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) and Brienne of Tarth‘s (Gwendoline...

LOV ANNY has released the Muscle Leggings, an anatomically correct pair of stretchy leggings that look like exposed leg muscles. They are available to purchase from Amazon. via WeirdShitYouCanBuy, swissmiss Muscle Leggings, Exposed Leg Muscle Flesh Fashion LeggingsArtist Embroiders New Life Into Faded Photos by Making Them Anatomically CorrectAnatomically Correct Chocolates

A post shared by Lady Lola (@ladylolathecat) on Sep 15, 2017 at 12:45pm PDT An absolutely gorgeous and rather large ragdoll cat named LadyLola, who lives on a big ship with her human Nina and ragdoll brother Olan, was hanging out in the bathroom watching her Nina get ready, whe she suddenly jumped up onto...

Wes Copeland managed to break an amazing a Guinness World Record on May 5th, 2016 for achieving the highest score on Donkey Kong. Copeland spent three hours hammering away at Nintendo‘s classic arcade game and acquired a whopping 1,218,000 points. Guinness World Records posted photos and touched on the story behind the gamer extraordinaire earlier...

Stuart McGurk of British GQ met up with Mark Hamill to chat with him about Star Wars and if he will use his lightsaber in The Last Jedi, which will land in theaters on December 15th, 2017. StarWars.com also interviewed Hamill about his iconic role as Luke Skywalker and how it will play out in...

The YouTube channel, It’s a small world, played an amusing cover of Smash Mouth‘s song “All Star” on two musical calculators. Here is the original song. A Rocking Mashup of Smash Mouth’s Song ‘All Star’ and ‘In the End’ by Linkin Park That Works Surprisingly WellSmash Mouth’s Catchy Song ‘All Star’ Remade With Windows XP...

A post shared by Scott Beale (@scottbeale) on Sep 25, 2017 at 12:33pm PDT Sudden Coffee is a very handy, subscription-based service that features high quality instant coffee that’s made from sustainably grown coffee beans that are roasted, uniquely brewed with a proprietary process and then batch dried into a powder that can be reconstituted...

After missing her connecting flight in Charlotte, North Carolina, YouTuber Mahshid Mazooji decided to stop feeling sorry for herself and get up and dance. In doing so, she recruited a number of airport employees and other passengers to show off their best moves as they grooved to the classic Lionel Richie song “All Night Long”...

Jonesboro, Arkansas dentist Dr. J. Steven Abernathy created a wonderful Star Wars spoof to promote the precision laser activated irrigation technology (PIPS) that he uses at his office. Lasers aren’t just for X-wings anymore. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Elder ‘Star Wars’ Cast Shows Their Age in a ‘Saturday Night Live’ Spoof of the ‘Star...

On the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel presented the 11th edition of celebrities reading very mean tweets about themselves. When it comes to mean tweets, no one can touch Donald Trump but that doesn’t mean there aren’t those who try. From time to time we shine a light on the trolls by asking...

Before the debut episodes of Star Trek: Discovery, CBS released a video showing off the show’s fantastic main title sequence. It starts off by taking us on a journey through sketches of ships, planets, eyes, and gadgets before featuring x-ray style images of space suits, weapons, and alien life. Episodes one and two of Star...

In Toyo Tires‘ “Climbkhana,” rally driver Ken Block of Hoonigan Racing jumps into his 1,400 horsepower twin-turbo methanol fueled 1965 Ford Mustang Hoonicorn RTR V2 and takes on the Pikes Peak hill climb in Colorado. Block, known for his award-winning Gymkhana series, left the roads full of smoke and excitement as he burnt the rubber...

The film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism, who offered excellent analysis of Game of Thrones, turned their insightful eyes towards the undeniably provacative, charming nature of well-spoken, educated psychopaths as evidenced the fascination with the mysterious anti-hero Alex, narrator and central character of A Clockwork Orange as brilliantly played by Malcolm McDowell in 1971 and...

Haptic Lab has created a wonderful winged mechanical toy called “The Flying Martha Ornithopter“, which runs on the power of a simple rubber band. The toy was named after and made in the image of Martha, the last passenger pigeon who died in 1914. Haptic Lab is currently raising funds through Kickstarter in order to...

Artist and comedienne Bec Hill created a hilarious flip chart with illustrations showing what the lyrics to Edith Piaf song “Non Je Ne Regrette Rien” sound and look like to those who don’t speak French. My translation of Edith Piaf's "Non Je Ne Regrette Rien". Catch me live near you! https://t.co/o0o6ll8Q9F #paperpuppetry #thanksforwatching pic.twitter.com/K38gq27OsS —...

Traveling filmmaker Max Berger created a wonderfully dizzying hyperlapse flight showing the iconic landmarks of Washington, D.C. in a mere 28 seconds. via Digg The Iconic Sights of Paris Shown Through a Dizzying Two Minute Hyperlapse VideoStunning Hyperlapse Drone Video of Toronto’s Iconic SkylineTilt Shift, Photo Series of World Landmarks as Miniatures

Shortly before his death, the late great legendary insult comic Don Rickles in partnership with the newly minted AARP Studios created the wonderful interview series entitled “Dinner With Don”. Throughout the 13 episode series, Rickles breaks bread and cracks jokes with fellow comedians, actors, musicians, directors and writers. This series is the first from AARP...

A little bunny in a named Bini wearing an adorable jersey, set the Guinness World Record for the most slam dunks by a rabbit in one minute on a custom sized basketball court. Originally born in Israel, the hoop-loving pet now lives in Los Angeles, California, USA, with his owner, Shai Asor. At first, Shai...

In a very clever mashup by Funny or Die, the characters of Silicon Valley including Richard, Gillfoyle, Erlich, Dinesh and Jared, gathered around the dining room table to watch to Tim Cook‘s “One More Thing” announcement of the iPhone X, during which Apple senior vice president of Software Engineering Craig Federighi made animal faces and...

For a class project, college student Jackson Pacheco took a cue from hopeful potential employer BuzzFeed and created a video in which he tried doing some things differently from what he usually for a week, mimicking their distinct style. This included his coffee routing, his eating patterns, going to the gym and going to the...

In a very real and rather hilarious ad campaign, copyright lawyers for the Velcro brand broke out into song while insisting that other brands using the hook and loop design be referred to as such and not in their client’s name. The style of the ad seemed to be a loose parody of the 1985...

Atlanta musician Cyndi Harvell captured cute footage in July of her husband Bronkar Lee, who is also a musician, sitting down with their 19-month-old son Elijah to throw down some catchy beatbox jams. Elijah happily danced around in a high chair while his father dropped the sick beats. Here is footage of Lee’s first beatbox...

The Border Collie Owners of South Australia attempted to set a world record of the largest gathering of the breed in one place at one time as captured in a photo. The previous record was 503 and the group shattered that record, bringing an amazing 576 border collies to the Willaston Football Club on Sunday,...

Chris Cohoon posted a video of his adorable little daughter trying to play a hand held Game Boy Color and becoming very confused by the lack of touch screen technology. She repeatedly tried pressing the tiny screen, just like she would on most modern-day devices. via reddit A 2.5 Year-Old Uses an iPad for the...

On a Star Wars episode of Generation Tech, host Allen Xie took us on an interesting journey through he conceptual history of the Millennium Falcon. He explained how one of the first pirate ship designs looked more like a regular rocket with a long tube-shape and a cockpit up in front. It evolved from there...

A post shared by Jenn Fujikawa (@justjennrecipes) on Sep 21, 2017 at 12:36pm PDT Jenn Fujikawa of justJENN recipes has shared a tasty set of instructions on how to make JabbaCado Toast, a Jabba the Hutt themed avocado toast recipe that even Han Solo would enjoy. photos by Jenn Fujikawa via Foodiggity How to Make...

The 18-year-old high school student behind the YouTube channel MacroMachines spent 14 months building an incredible drivable 40% scale World War II era M26 Pershing tank that he took out for a spin around the yard. His entire build process is available to view on YouTube. via reddit Thug Notes, Gangsta Speak Summaries of Classical...

A post shared by Hand Tool Rescue (@handtoolrescue) on Aug 12, 2017 at 8:26am PDT Jörg Hoffmann of Bidone1967 shared awesome footage with Hand Tool Rescue of an automated spiraling chainsaw machine that climbs trees and trims off all branches in its path. via Core77, Sploid A Flying Chainsaw Drone That Trims Trees, Knocks Down...