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In or around 1910, a little girl named Eileen Margaret Elmes received a tin box of novelty chocolates for Christmas. The cover of the box was that of Red Riding Hood, while inside the box lay chocolate figures dressed in clothing made out of tissue paper. Elmes was so enamored with the figures that she...

Brian Kidd (a.k.a. “The Unipiper“) dressed as a rebel pilot and used his cunning skills to take down an inflatable AT-AT walker while playing his flaming bagpipes in Portland, Oregon. The Unipiper Dresses as Charmander and Rides a Poké Ball While Playing His Flaming BagpipesThe Unipiper Dresses as Harry Potter and Chases a Golden Snitch...

While on location in Queensland, Australia, adventurer Coyote Peterson and the Brave Wilderness crew visited the Billabong Sanctuary, where they met the very cute but somewhat reticent brushtail possum named Blossom. Coyote tried to encourage Blossom to leave the safety of her wooden hut by bribing her with several of her favorite foods, but the...

Sir Toby Toblerone is a beautiful rescued white cat with a black tail who lives a very full life despite not being able to walk. Toby’s doting humans take him outside, to the park, to smell the flowers, to the store and even to the train. Of course, being a cat Toby needs a bit...

In an eye opening video essay, Wisecrack host Jared Bauer takes a look at how the storytelling style of Adventure Time makes Pendleton Ward‘s popular animated television series so special. Adventurama, ‘Futurama’ Characters in the Style of ‘Adventure Time’A Fascinating Profile of Pendleton Ward, Creator of the Hit Animated Television Series ‘Adventure Time’How ‘The Hobbit:...

A post shared by Philippe Echaroux (@philippe_echaroux) on Nov 15, 2017 at 11:35pm PST In 2014, French artist Philippe Echaroux created “Painting With Lights” for which he used a digital projector to project pictures of faces onto buildings, trees, and other outdoor surfaces. In October 2017, Echaroux travelled to Los Angeles, California to revisit this...

A group of workers in Spartanburg, South Carolina ran for cover as a powerful tornado abruptly snuck up on them and quickly destroyed the concrete building that they were working in within seconds. Thankfully, everyone made it out of the ordeal without serious injuries. via Digg The Slow Mo Guys Build a Fire Tornado and...

The talented 12 Musketeers from Dayton, Ohio returned this year to release their stunning 2018 letterpress desk calendar that is lovingly filled with 12 unique designs by 12 different designers. Each calendar comes with a hand cut wooden stand, a 16 page booklet explaining each design, and translucent red and green overlays allowing all 12...

A sweet and gentle little flying fox named Harry sat very still and remained very calm as a compassionate caretaker carefully snipped away a piece of netting that entangled him and bound his wings. Even though the scissor came so close to his little body, Harry didn’t panic or even show a lick concern for...

Italian smart home company Digital Habitats has created an absolutely amazing and beautifully designed Ambient Light Color Swing that changes the color of the soft hanging light to match the room with a simple swing. The motion of the lamp uses a sensor that detects the colors of an object or a room and sends...

Comedian Jack Douglass of Jacksfilms has created a hilarious new Bitcoin parody. Douglass plays a confident man who doesn’t get Bitcoin, but attempts to inaccurately explain the world of Bitcoin anyway. Blockchain Expert Explains the Concept to Five People of Varying Ages and Levels of UnderstandingA Hilarious Apple Parody Referring to the Newly Announced iPhone...

Dumb Drum has created a fantastic low-budget shot-for-shot remake of The Last Jedi sneak peek trailer, that was titled “Awake.” They also released a side-by-side comparison with the original Star Wars trailer. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips A Low Budget Shot for Shot Remake of the Third Trailer for Star Wars: The Force AwakensA Low-Budget...

(larger) Beutler Ink created “Here’s to 2017,” a wonderful mashup art print filled with memorable pop culture news and references from this past year. Prints are available to purchase from Society6. We previously wrote about their mashups from 2013, 2014, and 2015. 2017 was a fun year for pop culture, from Stranger Things’ thrilling second...

Video producer Granger Willson of Vulture takes an in-depth look at how movie trailers have evolved over the last century. Movie marketing has always been an art form in and of itself, and movie trailers have now enticed audiences for more than a hundred years. With the passage of time, trailers have evolved from straightforward...

Universal Pictures released the first official trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the upcoming sci-fi adventure film directed by J. A. Bayona that’s a sequel to Jurassic World from 2015. The thrilling trailer follows Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) as they return to the Jurassic World to save the dinosaurs...

In a cephalopodic episode of BBC Earth Unplugged, host Maddy Moate explains some very interesting facts about the very elusive giant squid including their locations, their surprisingly light weights for creatures of that size and their rather odd eating strategies. The squid’s unique body plan means that their esophagus and therefore any food they swallow,...

Artist Nicky Nada of CZ Ferro has created the Nano Tree, an elegant red oak wood and glass sculpture filled with semi-solid magnetized ferrofluid that comes with a matching magnet to move the fluid around the glass. While the Nano Tree may look good on a desk or bookshelf, the use of the magnet along...

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) researchers at the National Sea Simulator partnered with BioQuest Studios to capture the absolutely magical process of coral spawning within the aquarium waters. This breakthrough offers hope for the future of the Great Barrier Reef, which has been slowly dying off to coral bleaching. The National Sea Simulator is...

A hungry little pet duck named Meat gleefully met his beloved human at the door and began honking away when he saw that a yummy bowl of corn was waiting for him. As soon as he was able to get at it, Meat gobbled the yellow kernels as fast as he could before slowing down...

In a really amusing skit by the aptly named Corporate Bro, an office loudmouth brags to his co-workers about his recent foray into cryptocurrency via Bitcoin, claiming to be an expert in blockchain technology after three weeks of research. Quite predictably he first cursed at himself for missing the bubble before going on a veritable...

The Return of The Monster is an animated short film, directed by French collective Corentin Yvergniaux, Camille Jalabert, Quentin Camus of MegaComputeur Animation, about a boy who is stuck in a nightmare with a loud creature. Music and mixing was done by sound director Pierre-François Renouf. Will you wake up from this nightmare ? …HUIIIIIH...

Barrett Crook of Lexington, North Carolina made an incredibly loud train horn out of a 55 gallon drum, a five gallon bucket, and a fiber building form tube. When he attached the leaf blower and turned it on, his creation gave off quite a loud, booming noise. via reddit Jowly Bulldog Gets His Face Turned...

Imotaro, a cute little Japanese cat, steathly stalked then played around with one of Sphero‘s awesome BB-8 app-controlled robot toy from Star Wars as it rolled around all over the floor. via reddit Giant Cardboard Robot Cat CondoTransformers Pens, A Series of Toys That Change From ‘Transformers’ Robots to Writing InstrumentsA DIY Rolling BB-8 Droid...

Intelligent Actuator put on quite the cutting-edge demonstration at the International Robot Exhibition 2017 in Tokyo, Japan when they presented their amazing robot table made up of numerous mechanical actuators that move up and down and move four soccer balls along a series of programmed paths. ????????????????? pic.twitter.com/3zrDBqtX95 — Hirotaka Niisato (@hirotakaster) November 30, 2017...

While appearing on Late Night with Seth Meyers, the fabulous duo of Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson from Broad City reminisced with the host about the early days of their career, starting out at the wonderfully infamous Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCB) in New York City. The women also spoke passionately about the Dream Act...

An informative new behind the scenes featurette has been released for Star Wars: The Last Jedi that follows Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) as he teaches new up and coming droid actors how to act and move like a robot. The Last Jedi is set to battle its way into theaters on December 15th, 2017. The United...

A very cheery Leonard Solomon, who is an extremely talented and inventive musician, performed a playful part of the classic Sergei Prokofiev musical tale “Peter and the Wolf” on his Majestic Bellowphone. Me and the boys plays a little Prokofiev for yez, wit the Majestic Bellowphone. Here’s a wonderful orchestral performance of “Peter and the...

In her latest tutorial video, the incredible Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies Are Awesome paid tribute to Carrie Fisher by making a Princess Leia Organa themed pie. General. Princess. Diplomat. Rebel Leader. Who was Leia to you? All of the above? To me, she was one of the first “damsels in distress” who showed young...

Great Big Story visited the Maeklong Railway Market in Samut Songkhram, Thailand to learn more about its rather unusual arrangement. Because the market occupies space on both sides of a railroad track, each vendor must close shop in order to let the train pass eight times per day. While one might wonder why a market...

With help from the Stannage International Stunt Team, daredevil and escapologist Antony Britton set the Guinness World Record for running the fastest 100 m sprint and farthest distance while on fire without oxygen in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Britton managed to run 670 feet before needing to be put out. A World Record-Holding Paralympic Archer Demonstrates...

An adorable golden retriever who had picked up a nice long stick to carry home, came upon a bit of a quandary when she and her humans approached a narrow bridge in the park. The amusingly persistent dog tried crossing head first, but was blocked entry immediately. She then set the stick down and tried...

Musician John D. Boswell (a.k.a. “Melodysheep“) of Symphony of Science has created “The Force,” a musical tribute to Carrie Fisher, the one and only Princess Leia of Star Wars. Carrie Fisher and Ellen DeGeneres Try to Sell Star Wars Movie Tickets to Fans on the Side of the RoadPrincess Leia Strangling Jabba the Hutt With...

An unknown man who was driving on Highway One in Ventura County, California, pulled his car over to the side of the road and seemingly began to behave rather strangely. What this heroic young man was doing, however, was making a brave attempt to catch a wild rabbit who had become trapped by the flames...

The Simpsons and the city of Springfield all celebrate Christmas in their own hilarious ways in the latest couch gag for the upcoming episode, “Gone Boy, which is scheduled to air December 10th, 2017 on FOX. The Simpsons Celebrate Christmas in Latest Couch Gag OpeningThe Simpsons Celebrate 28th Season Premiere With a Mathematical ‘Adventure Time’...

Graphic artist Stephen Malinowski has created a wonderful video series in which he animates classical and jazz scores in gorgeously vivid colors that interact with the pace and tempo of the music. Using his own music animation machine, Malinowski has animated pieces from such composers as Bach, Debussy, Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, Joplin and Handel just...

MinuteEarth explains through amusing animation, exactly why the brains of domestic animals (pets, farm animals) are far smaller than the brains of their wild counterparts. Much of it has to do with the fact that the domestic animals feel safe in their surroundings, which allow them to let down their guard far more easily and...

Filmmaker Rebecca Stern has created “WELL GROOMED“, a fascinating film that goes inside the vivid, somewhat startling world of creative dog styling competition at the Groom Expo in Hershey, Pennsylvania. While working in their assigned booths, people transform their beloved poodles into living works of art. Using hair styling tools, (pet-safe) makeup and dye, the...

While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to promote her new movie Ferdinand, a very chic, red-lipsticked Kate McKinnon hilariously vocalized various “sounds of exertion” such as stepping on a Christmas ornament, squeezing into a pair of tight pants and falling down two flights of stairs. Later in the show, McKinnon performed an...

Bridge Constructor Portal is Headup Games and ClockStone STUDIO‘s upcoming Bridge Constructor spin-off video game that will task users with getting a truck from one side of the screen to the other while being taunted by Aperture Science‘s angered AI computer system, GLaDOS. Bridge Constructor Portal is currently scheduled to be released on December 20th,...

Nearly 300 YouTube creators, musicians, and surprise celebrity guests from around the world teamed up to recreate popular trends and memes that captured people’s attention over the past year in the annual celebratory YouTube Rewind video, “The Shape of 2017.” #YouTubeRewind is back and we’re in love with The Shape of 2017. This year, you...

The rather ominous trailer for the fourth season of Charlie Brooker‘s brilliantly speculative dystopian Netflix series Black Mirror gives a small peek into the six episode anthology in which the overarching themes appear to be that of independence, positivity and acceptance of one’s fate as expressed in the old adage “everything happens for a reason”....

Hammer has created a colorful series of artisan keyboard keys that each come with a spinnable top designed to look and function just like the classic hand-held fidget spinners we have all come to know and love. The vibrant keyboard keys are available to purchase from the Massdrop website. Nope. Your eyes do not deceive...

YouTuber euverus created a fascinating dynamic computer model that measures and scores 30 different ways to address traffic flow from four directions. Using two sets of data points from the Steam community , euverus seamlessly stitched together each example flawlessly. via Digg A Circular Wave Tank Generating Water Spouts and Other Impressive Aquatic PhenomenaA Demonstration...

Taiwanese artist Yen Jui-Lin has created an adorably quirky collection of little wooden toy characters with help from his two children. They are available to view on Instagram and Facebook. A post shared by yen jui-lin (@yenswood) on Aug 6, 2017 at 4:32am PDT A post shared by yen jui-lin (@yenswood) on Nov 27, 2016...

Filmmaker Luís Sá has created a brilliant animation that perfectly captures both the elegance and eloquence of the iconic author George Orwell as he meticulously describes his personal method for making the perfect cup of tea. Jolly good, chaps. I decided to animate this splendid audio clip of our very own George Orwell, explaining how...

In a new animated episode of Hero Swap by How It Should Have Ended and KLOMP! Animation, they swap out Pennywise the Dancing Clown in IT with the clumsy Star Wars Gungan known as Jar Jar Binks. The word “Hero” being used loosely of course. Forrest Gump Takes the Place of Neo in ‘The Matrix’...

On an episode of AMC‘s Talking With Chris Hardwick, special guest Bryan Cranston sat down and told Hardwick the story about the one time that he was able to make Jerry Seinfeld laugh. It all took place during the 105th episode of Seinfeld, titled “The Jimmy,” when Cranston got into character as “dentist to the...

My kid did an interview with her cat pic.twitter.com/PCdnBTiRNs — Paul (father of the more famous Gabi) Duane (@MrPaulDuane) December 4, 2017 Gabi Duane, the 10 year old daughter of Irish writer and director Paul Duane, took a cue from her dad’s work and conducted a rather imaginative and hilarious written interview with the family...

A post shared by Lonesome Town (@lonesometown9) on Nov 29, 2017 at 8:59am PST Anonymous street artist, who goes by the name Lonesome Town, travels around Los Angeles and paints sad clown faces on random discarded objects on the street. Their artistic sorrow-filled journey is available to view on Instagram. A post shared by Lonesome...

Engineer William Osman whose wonderfully quirky and creative projects we’ve posted in the past, shared a devastating video showing the complete destruction of his Southern California house caused by the raging Thomas Fire that swept across Ventura County with little abandon. While going through the charred bits of his home, Osman saw what did (and...