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In a revealing trailer for the second season of the badass series Marvel’s Jessica Jones created by Melissa Rosenberg, the titular character, played by Krysten Ritter, acquiesces to learning more about her past while meeting new people, hunting a killer and gaining her very own sidekick. If all that wasn’t enough, someone from Jessica’s more...

Indie Designers, an artist collective in Krakow, Poland is currently raising funds through Kickstarter for their gorgeous CityWood minimalist 3D wooden maps that can be customized to a huge list of cities from around the world. Each map is laser cut using updated site specific data. These maps are extremely detailed in design, come in...

During the late 18th century, United States founding father Thomas Jefferson established the fledgling country’s first public land survey to ensure that land would be divided and sold to “yeoman farmers” fairly. To do this Jefferson created a grid known as the Rectangular Survey System, which parceled out land in accordance with the Land Ordinance...

Team BlackSheep drone pilots RensenFPV and BanniUK teamed up to capture beautiful footage, edited by Aufmschlau.ch, of aerial drone flying through snow covered terrain in “Long Range Paradise 3.” We previously wrote about part 1 and 2 of their amazing ongoing series.

French luxury manufacturer S.T. Dupont has created a out of this world Star Wars themed fountain and ballpoint pen that resemble an X-wing Starfighter, when fully assembled. Both the fountain and ballpoint X-Wing pens are available to purchase from Harrods. Assemble the pieces inside to create your very own X-wing holder that showcase your pen...

A really sweet and entertaining boxer named Prince hammed it up by repeatedly dancing in circles with a toy in his mouth and tickling toes in order to make a five month old baby girl laugh out loud. According to his human, Prince absolutely adores this little girl. My boxer Prince loves our 5-month-old baby....

New England illustrator and graphic designer Chris Piascik is in the process of creating 10 Years of Daily Drawings, a 100-page book featuring his favorite daily drawings that he created from the past ten years. Piascik is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help with production costs. The book will be about 100 pages and...

Great Big Story went to Hajji’s Blue Sky Deli at 110th Street and 1st Avenue in Harlem to speak with manager Salah Alhubaishi, the man who created the famous “Chopped Cheese Sandwich” of New York City. A very amiable Alhubaishi shared his inspiration for this combination– his Arabic roots, his love for Harlem and his...

The LAIKA animation studio released a wonderful behind-the-scenes video that gives us a look at how the talented team created the beautifully complex stop-motion world of The Boxtrolls. New Trailer Shows How Laika Animation Studio Created the Tiny, Stop Motion World of ‘The Boxtrolls’Animation Studio LAIKA Celebrates 10th Anniversary With a Look Back at Its...

In an occupational episode of the Cut series Lineup, three willing yet unwitting contestants comprised of two men and two women, were asked to match nine different people to their jobs without any information other than the way they looked. Among the occupations were Tarot reader, horse listener, bounty hunter, bartender, porn producer, ER nurse...

Reigarw Comparisons created a new animated video where they compare the prices of some of the most expensive foods in the world. They broke up their mind-blowing comparisons into separate categories. Animated comparison of some of the most expensive food from each categories such as most expensive ice cream, most expensive pizza, most expensive drink,...

Programmer and designer Proto G is in the process of building a six-digit clock that his electromechanical decimal to binary to hex converter and two-digit display will be a part of. Proto G captured 60fps footage of his current high speed seven-segment mechanical display numerically going through its noisy, yet rhythmic paces. He shared his...

xkcd looks at how for some choosing the right backpack is often the most important decision in their life. "This one is perfect in every way, except that for some reason it's woven from a tungsten mesh, so it weighs 85 pounds and I'll need to carry it around on a hand cart." "That seems...

In a disarming episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Many People from Many Countries Say Things, 70 different people from all over the world shared the most common stereotypes that others have assigned to their respective countries. While people from Scandinavian countries talked about the assumption of being tall and blonde, others talked about...

Alvaro Gracia Montoya of MetaBallStudios created a animated visualization that compares the sizes of microorganisms up to 1mm. How Microorganisms Move, A Parody of ‘How Animals Eat Their Food’ by Coma NiddyAsapSCIENCE Explains the Human Microbiome, The Microorganisms That Share Space With the Human BodyTardigrades, Plucky Microorganisms That Can Survive in Space

English bulldogs are known to have some quirky personalities. Some skateboard, some do a backwards moonwalk, some watch television in an upright position, some like to work out on a treadmill, some warn of televised danger and some just like to sit around snoring. One such English bulldog named Bosco became a fixed object while...

With the historic launch and test flight of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy on February 6, 2018, wunderkind Elon Musk sent a red Tesla Roadster into space with the David Bowie song “Life on Mars” playing on the stereo in an endless loop, the graphic display reading “Don’t Panic” and a fully astronautical attired “Starman” behind...

Everything Sucks! is an upcoming Netflix original coming of age comedy series set in the 1990s. The official trailer follows a group of A.V. and drama club students as they navigate through the ups and downs of dating and trying to fit in with the cool crowd. Season one will premiere on Netflix February 16th,...

20th Century Fox released a hilarious new trailer for Deadpool 2, the upcoming superhero film directed by David Leitch based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name and a sequel to the 2016 Deadpool film. The fourth wall shattering trailer features Josh Brolin‘s Cable making his debut and taking on Sheriff Deadpool (Ryan...

A beautiful but silly dog named Deefer who has a fondness for bringing home the largest stick he can carry, hilariously tried to fit his latest bounty in through a narrow window without much success. After several futile attempts, Deefer gave up and walked away. His human wound up bringing it inside for him, but...

ScreenPrism, film and television analysis platform known for their incredibly insightful video essays, takes a look at Han Solo and his enduring humanity in a world of Jedis, Androids, Wookiees and other characters. This particular feature made him very difficult to categorize, but very easy to like. Throughout the original Star Wars Trilogy, Han Solo’s...

A post shared by Hi-Fructose Magazine (@hifructosemag) on Jan 6, 2018 at 9:10am PST In March 2017, we wrote about the Kickstarter Campaign for Vampires vs. Unicorns: Floor War Game, a unique card throwing/tile game created by game designer Jim DuBois and Hi-Fructose co-founder Attaboy with incredible illustration by artists Travis Louie (Vampires) and Travis...

A helpless dog who had fallen through the ice of a small pond caught the attention of a Marshfield, Missouri man, who very carefully went out onto the ice with a rope and a pole. The man tried the rope first. The dog instinctively grabbed it with his teeth and allowed himself to be pulled...

Upon returning home from shopping at a mushroom farm, a grocery and his uncle’s garden, the very talented Jun Yoshizuki of Jun’s Kitchen prepared a lovely meal of sukiyaki with homemade tofu in view of his beloved long haired orange cats Kohaku and Nagi who were happy to just sit back and watch. The two...

In a highly informative episode of Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi aka Blocko enlisted the help of fellow YouTuber Anthony Padilla to explain the physiological and psychological differences between introverts and extroverts. One of the primary differences between the two is not necessarily in sociability, but rather the time needed to recharge from said sociability....

The Reels2Digital Moviemaker and the Reels2Digital Moviemaker Pro by Wolverine Data look like old school film projectors, but are amazing scanners that transform 8mm and Super 8 film to digital files (MP4), which are stored on an SD/SDHC card as well as play back on a television. Introducing the Wolverine Reels2Digital Moviemaker. A very simple...

Chairudo built the world’s largest wooden-style coaster, inspired by El Toro at Six Flags in Jackson, New Jersey, out of LEGO. His gigantic LEGO wooden coaster was made out of around 90,000 bricks, it measures 21 feet long, 4 feet wide, 4.5 feet tall, and sports 85 feet of track. It is currently on display...

In a rather forthright video essay, a visibly bewildered Tom Scott spoke about the ethics of faceswapping software, particularly as it relates to non-consensual video to be used as “algorithmic blackmail” against someone for money or for political gain. All it requires, per Scott “a Windows 10 PC, a powerful Nvidia graphics card, moderate tech...

Your Date Is Here is a suspenseful horror short, created by Todd Spence and Zak White, about a mother and her little daughter (Becca Flinn and Dani Tiernan) who sit down to play grandma’s old Mystery Date-style board game while waiting for pizza to be delivered. Little did they know that the strange game would...

A really, really energetic rescued coyote named Kate jumped all around the living room, flying from couch to couch while her clumsier goat buddy tried to keep up with all the chaotic movement happening, preferring instead to butt the pillows where Kate was momentarily hiding. According to their human Seth Simpson, the two are good...

“Fifty Shades of DeVito” is a hilarious Fifty Shades of Grey parody, created by Funny or Die and Boo Ya Pictures, that features scenes from the erotic romantic drama film and numerous Danny DeVito films and TV shows. Move over Christian Grey, DeVito takes center stage as Anastasia Steele love interest in this tale. A...

For part six of their The Super Slow Show, Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys captured 4k slow motion footage of two professional sumo wrestlers engaging in battle. Gruchy also hopped into the ring to challenge one of the amazing wrestlers. The Slow Mo Guys Perform Action Hero Stunts and Hollywood...

Ahead of the highly anticipated test launch of the Falcon Heavy on February 6, 2018 at 1:30 EST from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, SpaceX released a really stunning animation set to the iconic David Bowie song “Life on Mars“. The animation models the expected launch of the world’s most powerful rocket, what happens...

Amazing Timelapse has created a brilliant timelapse video showing a computer keyboard being dipped into a container filled with acetone and slowly melting over the span of 70 hours. The satisfying timelapse featured over 11,000 photos. Fascinating Timelapse Videos of a Cassette Tape and a VHS Tape Melting in Acetone FumesAn Amazing 10 Year Timelapse...

John Stratman created a thrilling animation for Mr. Sunday Movies that reimagines a scene from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, where an epic fight went down in Supreme Leader Snoke‘s throne room, as a 16-bit video game. It features music by Kenny Mac. Luke Skywalker Battles Kylo Ren in a 16-Bit Animated Video Game Scene...

4096 has created a great animated video that takes a look at the evolution of startup sounds from the Microsoft Windows operating systems, from Windows 95 to Windows 10. The Irritating Buzzer From a Microwave Replaced With the Windows XP Startup Sound‘Do You Want to Build A Snowman?’ From Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Remixed With the Windows...

Brooklyn, New York showrunner and father Keith Haskel does curls using his excited baby son, who is sitting in a Jolly Jumper Exerciser, in a delightful video taken Haskel’s wife. Focused Border Collie Dog Tries to Imitate the Shadow of a Baby Bouncing in a Jolly JumperFather Pulls Out His Son’s Loose Baby Tooth Using...

Disney and Lucasfilm have released a beautiful collection of character posters for their upcoming Han Solo origin film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, that provide a colorful look at the young cast. Solo: A Star Wars Story is set to land in theaters on May 25th, 2018. The New ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Character...

The incredibly talented Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who was named BBC Young Musician of the Year, sat on a simple wooden chair in an empty room and performed a heartbreakingly beautiful cello cover arrangement of the iconic Bob Marley song “No Woman, No Cry” Kanneh-Mason also performed a live version of this arrangement in front of the...

A post shared by Creative Advertising : Havelle (@creative_ads) on Feb 5, 2018 at 11:56am PST Commuters in West Hollywood, California were startled to find a very lifelike mannequin encased in the plastic of the bus stop wall reserved for ad space that appeared to be breathing. Fox 11 spoke with a few commuters, some...

The Blue Marble by the very mechanically talented YouTuber Kaplamino is a brilliantly designed, Rube Goldberg inspired, hand made analog table top pinball game. The game engages a little blue marble in a mesmerizing chain reaction of tiny events, using not one – but two fidget spinners, a plastic fork and a pair of scissors...

While traveling in Italy, videographer OliverKMIA went to get a photo of himself posing in front of the Trevi Fountain, a popular tourist destination in Rome, and found that he couldn’t find a spot to do so due to the throng of people wanting to do the same thing as he. This frustrating situation led...

A talkative little Siberian husky named Xena and a vocal malamute named Lana loudly bickered back and forth when it came to deciding who would get which side of the bed. Lana was pretty settled on where she wanted to be, but the young Xena found that she wanted to be there too. After Lana...

On February 2, 2018, The Olive Garden restaurant chain announced via Twitter, the arrival of their newest dish “Loaded Pasta Chips“. This dish is made with chips of fried pasta dough that are topped with Italian cheeses, a red meat sauce and an “Alfredo drizzle”, presented in a manner that essentially makes them “Italian Nachos”....

Comedian Jason Messina has created a humorous parody that pokes fun at the people in informercials who are shown to be unable to complete the simplest of tasks. Messina zeros in on the commercial version of Occam’s Razor, in which the simplest option is usually the correct option as represented in the simple phrase “Do...

British puzzle maker Tony Fisher, who built the world’s largest and smallest Rubik’s Cube puzzle, is back with a new stunt. This time around, Fisher created a Rubik’s Cube candle, lit some of the wicks on it, and solved the functioning cube while it was still burning. CrazyBad 4x4x6 Fisher Cuboid, A Difficult Adaptation of...

Editor Felipe Pepe spent the last four years creating The CRPG Book Project, a massive 528-page collaborative ebook that takes readers on a trip through the history of over 400 computer role-playing games. The incredible book is available to download in PDF format from the he CRPG Book Project website. Jason Scott has also uploaded...

A singular gannet named Nigel, who heeded the call to return to Mana Island, New Zealand in 2013 and lived completely alone but for the company of his chosen mate, died on February 1, 2018 beside his beloved. Nigel became a bit of a sensation when he began courting a member of a gannet colony...

Moscow filmmaker and visual effects artist Michael Tivikoff (a.k.a. “Mr.TVCow“) created “Super Mario Cat Bros.,” a special effects video where Super Mario Cat teams up with human Luigi and sets out to save the Princess, who is also an adorable feline. Mario and Luigi Try to Save the Princess in a Live-Action Version of Super...

MetaBallStudios created a fantastic visualization that compares the sizes of well-known movie robots like R2-D2 from Star Wars, Megatron from Transformers, and the CyberKing from Doctor Who. Bad Robot Adds ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Effects to Their Action Movie FX iPhone AppJason Voorhees From ‘Friday the 13th’ Takes on Godzilla in a Stop-Motion Animated...