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On a wonderful episode of the Mental Floss series, Scatterbrained, hosts John Green, Amanda Suk, Becca Scott, Elliott Morgan, and Dani Fernandez jump into the world of Sesame Street to share surprising stories about the iconic muppets and the amazing people who brought them to life. We will not be telling you how to get...

For an accurate episode of their The Super Slow Show, Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys captured super slow motion footage of Shaolin monk, Master Feng Fei, throwing a needle with such force that it pierces through a pane of glass and pops a balloon on the other side. Shaolin Warriors...

VP of search engineering Ben Gomes and product manager Chris Haire from Google’s search team sat down with Wired to answer the web’s most searched questions about Google searches and autocomplete. Chris Evans Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions About HimselfJennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions About ThemselvesGoogle’s Year in...

On an great episode of Vanity Fair‘s series, Secret Talent Theatre, Tom Hanks sits down to show everyone how to properly change the ink ribbon on a Hermes 3000 typewriter. Hanx Writer, An iPad App by Tom Hanks That Simulates the Experience of a TypewriterA Visual Compendium of Typewriters by Pop Chat Lab, An Art...

In 2014, musician David Tayler of the San Francisco based ensemble Voices of Music performed an absolutely gorgeous version of Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999 by Johann Sebastian Bach on a stunning, multi-stringed archlute. The piece was so beautifully adapted for this Renaissance instrument, which has such rich and full sound due the low...

A beautiful but very vocal double yellow headed Amazon parrot named Destiny learned how to say the phrase “ice cream” at some point and has not stopped screaming for it since. Perhaps this bird just has an insatiable sweet tooth. Here’s a hilarious compilation of Destiny screaming for ice cream . via Boing Boing A...

In another brilliantly illustrated episode of After Skool, British philosopher Alan W. Watts, who previously explained that life should not be considered a journey because the end is not the primary goal, explains that happiness is always more valuable when it is sought than it being simply granted, as this would make a state of...

In “The Nature of Millennials” by IFHT Films, Canadian nature broadcaster David Suzuki takes a humorous look at the typical habits of those who were born in the late 1980s through the late 1990’s, addressing how the eat, how they work, how they seek a mate and how they become intensely competitive when it comes...

In a resplendent report for Vox, senior producer Phil Edwards recounted a very clever idea of painting warships with brightly colored geometric shapes put forward by British artist Norman Wilkinson to ward off the danger of U-boats during World War I. The idea, known as “dazzle camouflage”, was used to confuse the enemy as to...

In the 16th episode of his series for IMDb, host Brandon Hardesty of No Small Parts takes a look at the award-winning career of Ann Dowd, an actress who seems to have found her groove as of late. For much of her career, Dowd was a character actress who played such parts as mothers, best...

Great Big Story had the opportunity to visit with legendary “dog photographer” William Wegman in his New York City studio where he spoke about his iconic portraits, his amazing career and of course Flo and Topper, the latest pair of his beloved Weimaraner muses. Over the years, Wegman has really honed his craft of making...

During Milan Fashion Week 2018, Italian designer house Dolce & Gabbana fully embraced the wonders of technology when they sent fashionable drones down (above) the catwalk to model their new DG Devotion bag. The beautifully lit flying robots came out one at a time in a coordinated dance that gave the audience a 360° view...

TANU, a Japanese man with a very steady set of hands, carefully stacks coins to create all sorts of amazing, gravity defying sculptures. His finished, mind blowing works of art are available to view on Twitter. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/QsHm6N0RCb — ??? (@thumb_tani) August 14, 2017 3???????…?????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/dg4Png4jwP — ??? (@thumb_tani) September 16, 2017 ????????????????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/wCkcohGeOv —...

Animator Elenor Kopka teamed up with sound and music designer Skillbard to create Majestic Wilderness, a mysterious and quirky animated short film that takes us on a journey into the shadows of the jungle. Strange creatures dance, enjoy a campfire, and make silly face during Kopka’s amusing animated expedition into the unknown. A post shared...

Walt Disney Animation Studios has released a teaser trailer for Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, their upcoming animated comedy-adventure film and sequel to the 2012 Wreck-It Ralph movie. The trailer follows Wreck-It Ralph (John C. Reilly) as he ventures into the world of online culture with Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) and manages...

In an effort to represent the mystery of fictional far-off places, a number of television shows and films have effectively created their own languages. The film Black Panther instead, used the already existing South African Xhosa language, which is also the native tongue of Nelson Mandela, as the language of the Wakandan people. BBC Correspondent...

Lauri Vuohensilta of the Hydraulic Press Channel posted a video showing how he easily cuts a bowling ball, a camera, and other random object in half with his hydraulic press equipped with a giant blade. Here is how Vuohensilta made the “guillotine tool” for his press. Punching Huge Holes Through Random Objects With a Hydraulic...

While taping a comedy special, filmmaker Kevin Smith began to feel ill, was unable to catch his breath and needed to lie down. His crew became concerned and called an ambulance to take him to Glendale Adventist Hospital where they determined that he was having a heart attack. Specifically, Smith had a severe blockage of...

In 2015, Chairudo spent 300 hours building the world’s largest LEGO Ferris wheel for a LEGO festival in Prague. His incredible Ferris wheel, which stood 12-feet-tall, was powered by 2 small LEGO Technic Power Function motors. via The Brothers Brick The New York Wheel, A 630-Foot-Tall Ferris Wheel Planned for Staten IslandThe Tested Team Builds...

British musician and video editor Swede Mason has created a hilarious musical remix of the 1990 film, Kindergarten Cop, where Arnold Schwarzenegger sings about bringing it “Back to the Carpet.” Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Corden Reenact All of Arnold’s Films in Six Minutes on ‘The Late Late Show’Arnie, An Arnold Schwarzenegger Remix by Eclectic MethodWill...

A post shared by PLATON YURICH (@platon_yurich) on Jul 14, 2016 at 9:10am PDT Russian artist and photographer Platon Yurich has created a surreal collection of photo manipulations that take viewers to a dreamlike world full of wonder and imagination. His full series of photos are available to view on Instagram, Facebook, and his website....

DaveHax is back with another tutorial video where he demonstrates how to successfully pick a padlock using lock picks. This tutorial uses a transparent padlock to show you how to pick a padlock and how a padlock works. Fun skill to master and idea if you’ve lost your key! How to Open a Padlock Using...

Tony Fisher, the British puzzle maker who built a Rubik’s Cube out of ice, has returned to show off how he made a functioning 2×2 Rubik’s Cube out of a block of cheddar cheese. A Functioning Rubik’s Cube Made Out of IceKeyboard Rubik’s CubeRecord Breaker Kevin Hays Solves Three Increasingly Larger Rubik’s Cubes Underwater in...

Ettore Lorenzi of the Cruises and Travels Blog posted a fascinating timelapse video of a giant AIDAprima cruise ship being built from the ground up. via Digg Time Lapse Video of the Queen Mary 2 Cruising The Atlantic OceanA Game of Pool Being Played on a Gyroscopic Self Leveling Pool Table Onboard a Cruise ShipA...

On an impressive episode of Vanity Fair‘s series, Secret Talent Theatre, Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot showed off her super hula hooping skills. Gal Gadot Plays an Intense Game of Box of Lies With Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight ShowWonder Woman’s Gal Gadot Meets Conan O’Brien in a Warehouse to Teach Him How to FightFirst...

In 2015, British comedian Greig Johnson created a hilarious video lesson in which a rather unique character named Lembit Funk, who spat out a great deal of nonsense in a Scandinavian accent of sorts, while explaining how to play the Shenanigan. The Shenanigan is similar to a hurdy-gurdy, but with a lot more stuff attached....

Artist Alexandre Dubosc has once again created a brilliant cake zoetrope, this one dedicated to all things cat. Appropriately named “Gâteau Gato“, the purring, spinning confectionary features such feline luminaries as Felix the Cat and Nyan Cat affixed to the side of a giant kitty who has sharp teeth and playful mice running around on...

While walking to work on a snowy day in Fernie, British Columbia, redditor Bronsta captured the humorous sight of a small herd of deer coming down the street. Once they reached the corner, the herd dutifully paused at the bright red stop sign and looked both ways before proceeding to cross the street. Needless to...

A beautiful and rather vocal African grey named Einstein celebrated her 30th birthday at the Knoxville Zoo by demonstrating some of her favorite impressions while being fed a steady stream of sunflower seeds in between. Encouraged by her human keeper Adam Patterson, Einstein happily barked like a dog, whispered a secret, booed like a ghost,...

“Nebula” by Polish filmmaker Marcin Nowrotek is a gorgeously fluid animation in which floating shapes provide abstract visual portrayals of the sounds coming from a saxophone, piano and bass, with each given a unique visual signature. These individual shapes lead back to the musicians playing their instruments as a means of identification before drifting upward,...

Jas. Townsend, an 18th Century re-enactor and proprietor of Jas. Townsend & Son, Inc. reenactment supplies, jovially cooked up a classic dish of macaroni and cheese, as it was prepared in 1784 during the Colonial period of the United States. Throughout his wonderfully authentic culinary video series, Townsend demonstrates how to prepare food using only...

In a really humorous introduction to the upcoming documentary Muppet Guys Talking, four of the original voices behind these beloved characters – Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Fran Brill and Bill Baretta – banter back and forth with each other while trying to introduce themselves, the film and to promote the extra trailers and episodes that...

YouTubers Tom Scott and Matt Gray visited the legendary Titanium Fireworks in Bedford, Bedfordshire to sample some of their wares. While the team set up, Scott explained the safety precautions that are taken, the technology involved in creating such displays and how the industry has learned from past accidents. After that the team deliberately set...

The Harlem Globetrotters teamed up with clever students from Georgia Tech‘s colleges of Industrial Design and Music to build a magnificent Rube Goldberg-style trick shot machine. The machine would be operated by a Harlem Globetrotter, and have several complications, much like a Rube Goldberg machine. The goal of the machine would be to throw a...

The incredibly talented and very creative musician Rob Scallon and fellow guitarists Jeff Linville and Dave Dunsire brilliantly performed an acoustic recreation of Scallon’s song “Rain“, which is normally performed solo using a delay pedal. The trio struggled a bit at first, but after 59 takes, they hit it perfectly. The session was recorded by...

Randall Munroe of xkcd created a fun fact chart that shows how old Bart, Lisa, Marge, and Homer Simpson would actually be in 2018 if they continued to age. He highlights the fact that, if you watched the show in the first few seasons in the 1990s and were around Bart and Lisa’s age at...

Ryan “The Brickman” McNaught and Russell Søren-Larsen created an incredible LEGO model of the DeLorean time machine from Robert Zemeckis‘ Back to the Future films. McNaught’s team of amazing LEGO artists at The Brickman spent over 290 hours building the large model out of 65,143 bricks. This model is one of the largest mostly plate...

A post shared by Sideserf Cake Studio (@sideserfcakes) on Feb 26, 2018 at 8:13am PST Austin, Texas cake artist Natalie Sideserf of Sideserf Cake Studio created a mind blowing cake made to look just like the classic Garbage Pail Kids character, Adam Bomb. via Foodiggity A Cake Made in the Likeness of Willie NelsonA Cake...

Stefan Hedman (a.k.a. “schteppe“) has created Jelly Mario Bros., a Super Mario Bros. web game featuring zero gravity and elastic physics added to everything in World 1-1. Robert McGregor posted a video featuring his playthrough of Hedman’s pre-alpha build. Music is now distorted by player movement! Listen! #webgl #gpgpu #gamedev #jellymario pic.twitter.com/OGSFIhzZzD — Stefan Hedman...

After the frightful landfall of Cyclone Gita in Central New Zealand, torrential rains flooded the area causing floods and landslides. One such landslide transformed the “Terrible Gully” of the Rakaia River into a terrifyingly beautiful steady stream of flowing rocks. This phenomenon is known as granular flow or “quasi-liquid flow” as captured by local breeder...

In an effort to get his son to sleep in his own bed, Dericrw built an amazing Star Wars themed Millennium Falcon bed and decked out the rest of the bedroom to match. He built the sleeping pod, anchored it to the ceiling, and then painted the rest of the Millennium Falcon on the wall...

Portland, Oregon woodworker Frank Howarth of Frank Makes posted a fascinating video where he demonstrates how he transformed a chunk of walnut into a beautiful 8 ball. I have woodturned an 8 ball from a chunk of walnut that has been kicking around the shop for about a decade. I first turned a sphere from...

Coder and designer Abhishek Singh created a creepy augmented reality (AR) experience where the terrifying girl from the horror film, The Ring, crawls out of a television to wreak havoc in the real world. via Gizmodo Samara From ‘Rings’ Comes to Life and Terrifies Real-Life Television Shoppers to Promote New FilmSmarty Ring, A Ring With...

Burger Fiction has created a new supercut video featuring every Oscar winner in the “Best Picture” category since 1927. They cover everything from the 1927 film Wings to Moonlight from 2016. Supercut of Every Oscar Winner for ‘Best Picture’ Since 1927Supercut of Every Oscar Winner for ‘Best Visual Effects’ Since 1927Supercut of Every Oscar Winner...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing In a fiery teaser for the upcoming HBO film Fahrenheit 451 adapted from the Ray Bradbury classic book of the same name, a fireman named Guy Montag (Michael B. Jordan) and his supervisor Captain Beatty (Michael Shannon) gleefully speak out against the dangers of the written word (“insanity,...

In an interesting set of circumstance that could only happen online, the very talented Davie504 responded to a claim/challenge/dare put forward by deadmau5 about the bassline of his song “Strobe“. This claim came after he heard the remixed version of the song by Sparkee. As with all his other challenges, Davie not only effortlessly conquered...

An adorable miniature American shepherd named Oliver hilariously tried to push his bright green jumpy ball through the small frame of his doggie door without success. A determined Oliver, however, tried again, contorting his little body every which way he could in order to get that ball through that door. His loving family was greatly...

In an amicable episode of their very insightful video essays, film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism dug into the classic series Friends to focus on the very distinct personality of Monica Geller. Monica is a tightly wound control freak, but with these traits she simultaneously reveals her generous nature and her willingness to make sure...

A rather humorous parody takes a look at the bizarre feeding habits of the Australian white ibis narrated in the same dulcet tones of the great David Attenborough of Planet Earth. Footage shows this bird as a talented scavenger who finds abundant sustenance in the garbage cans of urban centers such as Sydney, Brisbane, Perth...

In a fascinating Ted Ed lesson written by Nordic historian Scott Mellor and animated by Julie Herdichek Baltzer, narrator Addison Anderson tells the wonderful folktale of Thor, son of Odin, god of thunder, and protector of mankind and his fabled journey to the land of the giants. In the story, Thor and his companions, the...