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Josh Jones, editor of Special Request Media has created an incredible map that traces every time traveling leap made by Doctor Sam Beckett throughout the entirety of the beloved classic series Quantum Leap. Additionally, Jones provided detailed information for each leap (episode, season and plot) as well as an ability to zoom in on each...

On Christmas Eve, a human with a rather large number of longhaired cats did what any parent would do and turned on the television. Specifically, a kitty-themed game was put on the giant television screen and all heads simultaneously stared at mice running across the screen. Some brave souls even tried to catch those elusive...

The Road Movie by director Dmitrii Kalashnikov is a wild documentary that offers fascinating insight into Russian life through the dashboard camera footage of its many drivers. Kalashnikov created the film solely out of this dashcam footage, which reveals that a great deal of very weird things happen all the time and the surprising number...

The feline-focused Japanese novelty company Felissimo has created an adorable cat bed shaped like the fluted crust of a fruit tart and even comes with hand stitched pillows in the shapes of various fruits and berries to keep kitty comfy and complete the look of a yummy desert. The bed fits cats of all sizes,...

Martin John Callanan, a talented artist, painstakingly reassembled a Bank of England Five Pound Note from a pile of misprinted, uncirculated shredded fivers. Callanan captured the entire reconstruction process in an amazing eleven-minute timelapse that shows just how much detail went into this piece. A Bank of England five pound note reconstructed from shredded production...

Danish BMW driving instructor Johan Schwartz drifted the new 2018 BMW M5 sport sedan a total of 232.5 miles around BMW Performance Center’s skid pad in Greer, South Carolina on December 11th, 2017. Schwartz set a new Guinness World Record for the greatest distance vehicle drift in 8 hours with help from Detroit Speed. They...

Security cameras in the town of Cobourg in Ontario, Canada captured the amazing sight of a wary fox facing off against a confident snowy owl during a cold winter’s night in early January. During this showdown, the fox paced back and forth, leaving a trail of tiny footprints in the freshly fallen snow while deciding...

Comedian Stephen Colbert partnered with Showtime to produce Our Cartoon President, an animated, satirical 10-episode series that presents both Donald Trump and his administration in a cartoonish parallel universe. The series originated from a segment that regularly appeared on The Late Show and takes on prescient concerns and current events. The series premieres Sunday, February...

On a high flying episode of Real Engineering, host Brian McManus of Galway, Ireland takes a look at the amazing technology behind vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL). A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Nine Inch Nails’ Tension 2013 TourA Behind-The-Scenes Look at What Goes Into Building a BattleBots RobotThe Science Behind Spider-Man’s Powers

In a melodic episode of Things You Might Not Know, guest host 12tone explains via staff paper illustration, the history of Solresol, a language developed by violinist Jean-François Sudre in the 19th century that was completely constructed out of musical notes. The result was 3,000 words, each word having no more than four syllables. From...

When a nine year old black Labrador retriever named Hardy fell through the ice of the River Wansbeck near his Northumberland England home, Inspector Jaqui Miller from the Royal Society to Prevent Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) bravely pulled herself on hands and knees across the ice using a long-handled pick to reach Hardy’s location. Miller...

The Real Life Guys built a large flying bathtub drone that is capable of transporting a human from point A to point B. For their first mission, they flew the tub drone out to Kopp’s Bakery for a quick sandwich. A post shared by The Real Life Guys (@the_real_life_guys) on Jan 15, 2018 at 7:01am...

In November 2017, YouTuber Giovanni Erata posted the isolated tracks of Dolores O’Riordan‘s hauntingly poignant vocals as she sang the powerful lyrics of the Cranberries song “Zombie“. Sadly, on January 15, 2018, O’Riordan passed away from causes yet unknown. She was only 46 years old. When the Cranberries hit the charts in the early nineties...

A man in Houston was traveling down Highway 59 and captured amusing footage of a speedy remote-controlled car racing after a white truck, zooming past a few cars, and then getting off on an exit ramp. Remote-Controlled Car Fitted With a GoPro Camera Captures Fast Moving English Bulldog in the Throes of PursuitBig Rig With...

Two young girls shopping at Costco in Hawaii with their mom, radio personality Rella Rivera, insisted that cashier William Va’ana was Maui from Moana. Va’ana, being the awesome sport, humored the girls by having them stand beside him while he yelled Maui’s catchphrase, “Cheehoo!” A post shared by Rella (@rellaontheradio) on Jan 12, 2018 at...

TheCubician performed a unique cover of John Williams‘ classic “Cantina Band” song from Star Wars: A New Hope on a Rubik’s Cube while it was being solved. TheCubician was inspired by the Cantina Band song cover that Dani Ochoa performed by writing a formula on a piece of paper with a pencil. Star Wars Cantina...

In a highly attentive episode, Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi aka Blocko addresses some conditions, issues and behaviors that may impede a person’s ability to falling asleep quickly. These concerns include consuming too much caffeine, eating protein too late in the day, the temperature of the room, the environment being to loud or too quiet,...

A post shared by Kieran Murray ? (@ryangodzilling) on Oct 13, 2017 at 11:37am PDT Los Angeles filmmaker and artist Kieran Murray has created Ryan Godzilling, a series of travel photos where Murray Photoshopped his plastic toy Godzilla figurine, named Ryan, into real world situations. Kieran’s full collection of photos are available to view on...

A post shared by ??????????_official (@triad_inc) on Dec 30, 2017 at 9:56pm PST The Japanese paper company Triad has created the wonderful Omoshiroi Block, a unique memo pad with an intricate design embedded inside that gets slowly revealed as the paper on the pad is used. Amongst these wondeful designs is a Kyoto building, a...

Dave and Pam Zaring hired “professional” photographer Lesa Hall to take a series of family photos. What the Zarings ended up receiving, instead, was a collection of hilariously edited images that features everyone’s face looking like a cartoon. According to Pam, “the shadows were really bad on the beautiful, clear, sunny day and her professor...

In a very illustrative video essay, Andrew Saladino of The Royal Ocean Film Society takes a look at legendary animator Richard Williams and his incredible ability to simulate fluid, three-dimensional camera movements just by decreasing the ratio to one drawing per frame. Most animation at the time was usually created with a 1:2 ratio, 1:4...

A really sweet asthmatic cat named Pretzel calmly sat still to breathe in the medicine his loving human was giving to him through a modified inhaler. According to his human, redditor Bac0nLegs, this isn’t the Pretzel’s favorite thing to do, but he’s gotten used to it and without using the inhaler twice per day, Pretzel...

Erin Graham of Charleston, South Carolina posted an amusing video of her husband, David, struggling outside with their two playful dogs as they hilariously refused to let him throw away the Christmas tree. Every time that David went to throw the tree over the fence, the two funny canines tried to tug it away from...

OCFA on scene in SANTA ANA of a vehicle into a building. One person still trapped inside the vehicle. pic.twitter.com/sWmtovu0Kd — OCFA PIO (@OCFA_PIO) January 14, 2018 The Orange County Fire Authority in Santa Ana, California released a photos of a car that launches off of a median at high speeds causing it to crash...

A post shared by John Wagner?? (@19john66) on Jan 3, 2018 at 2:01pm PST During every freezing, incredible balls of ice make an appearance upon the south shore of Lake Michigan, making it appear as if it’s composed of shiny rocks. This natural phenomenon occurs when sheets of ice break into smaller pieces that get...

On an amusing episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden from 2015, Jason Alexander got into character as George Costanza and re-recorded a personalized version of his classic voicemail message from Seinfeld for Kat Dennings. Here is the original scene from Seinfeld. Jason Alexander Re-Records Kat Dennings’ ‘Seinfeld’ Voicemail Greeting as George CostanzaJason...

A sweet little special needs rat named Pan eagerly chomped on a cracker that was almost as big as himself while hanging upside down, cradled in the comfort and safety of his human’s hands. When Pan was a baby, his human rescued him from a snake and provided him with a safe, happy home for...

Canadian outdoorsman, photographer, travel writer, and educator Shawn James of My Self Reliance created a stunning timelapse video that features James building a log cabin from scratch all by himself. A post shared by Shawn James (@myselfreliance) on Aug 24, 2017 at 12:13pm PDT A post shared by Shawn James (@myselfreliance) on Aug 26, 2017...

In a lighthearted BBC interview with Alastair Bruce, a smiling Queen Elizabeth II examined the iconic Imperial State Crown worn by both her father and herself during their respective Coronations and spoke delightedly about its jewels, its weight, how to wear such a heavy item and how to read while wearing this crown. It’s very...

A Griffith, Australia mother captured footage of her adorable infant, Huey, falling asleep at the wheel while driving his electric toy car. The sleepy kid continued to cruise around in circles, even while snoozing. Little Girl Fast Asleep Behind the Wheel of a Moving VehicleTired Kid Falls Asleep at the Wheel of His Toy Tractor...

A very curious black bird, perhaps a crow or raven, peered into a weather camera and hilariously photobombed a KTVU San Francisco weather report. Meteorologist Mark Tamayo was so amused by this aviary visitor, that he asked for more time to complete his segment. I might need a little more time for this weather segment...

Principal Chad Caddell of Union Pointe Academy in Florence, Kentucky had a little fun with his school snow day cancellation messages by singing covers of popular songs on the school’s Facebook page. Caddell put on a cowboy hat, a plaid shirt, and sang a wintry mix of Garth Brooks‘ country song “Friends in Low Places,”...

A post shared by Max Turk (@missmaxturk) on Jan 14, 2018 at 4:34pm PST Take a selfie and discover if your portrait is in a museum Google Arts and Culture has collaborated with over 1,200 museums around the world to provide the users of a very fun and informative app that gives insights into famous...

Patrick Nan recreated a scene from Fist of Fury to make it look like Chen Zhen (Bruce Lee) battles Hiroshi Suzuki (Riki Hashimoto), armed with a red lightsaber, with deadly lightsaber nunchucks. Nam was inspired by Ameen Naksewee‘s (a.k.a. “ameeeeba“) amazing illustration, “Bruce Lee Jedi.” image via Ameen Naksewee Les Misérables Performed With an Epic...

The first teaser trailer for the second season of the chilling Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale offers a peek into what Offred’s (Elisabeth Moss) life and the lives of others have come to after the first season and the changes that they all will face. Because Margaret Atwood‘s original 1985 novel ended much in the...

When really sweet dog named Maggie heard her human ask if she wanted to go to bed, her ears pricked up in tacit agreement. Maggie made her way over to her bed, let out a big yawn and was lovingly tucked in for the night. Boarded Dog Who Lost Her Babies Breaks Out of Her...

A post shared by Joseph Ford (@josephfordphotography) on Oct 26, 2017 at 11:18am PDT For his amazing series “Knitted Camouflage“, British photographer Joseph Ford enlisted the yarn skills of Nina Dodd to create custom sweaters that exactly match the environment of the photograph. For one photo, Ford collaborated with French street artist Monsieur Chat, who...

An absolutely beautiful green quaker parrot named Rio sitting atop the refrigerator repeatedly let out a hearty laugh whenever his human Scotch blew air onto his feathers. Rio’s laugh was so infectious that Scotch began laughing too. this is my quaker parrot, his names rio and he is very green and very sinister. via reddit...

Dashcam footage from on I-95 in Florida shows a gray car attempting to change lanes begin swerving and suddenly spinning wildly out of control across three lanes. The driver of the car, however, stayed calm and skillfully recovered within moments and without incident. via Boing Boing A Driverless Golf Cart Spins Out of Control at...

Netflix has partnered with Hasbro and Mystifying Oracle to create an upside down version of the classic Ouija board inspired by the popular Stranger Things television series. It is available to purchase from Amazon and the BigBadToyStore. Supernatural forces were uncovered, a young boy was rescued from a parallel dimension, and monsters—both human and otherworldly—were...

Romy McCloskey, a talented costume designer in Texas who raises butterflies, used her creative skills to repair the underdeveloped, broken wing of a young monarch butterfly. Using pieces of a wing from another butterfly who passed, McCloskey was able to fill in the gaps and create a smooth surface that allowed him to fly for...

The product designers at iomaa have created a 3D printed measuring cube that has the potential to bring order to any kitchen area and replace a majority of measuring tools. A single cube is able to accurately measure cups, teaspoon, tablespoons, and milliliters. The 3D printing files are available to download from Thingiverse. images via...

Half as Interesting explains in great detail how a shift in the official time zone for the island country of Samoa came about due to a desire to have closer ties with New Zealand and Australia than they did with the United States. Before 2011, Samoa was just three hours behind California, which made US...

Chris Smith and Jack De Sena of Chris and Jack have created “Secret Alien,” a great new comedy sketch where an uncertain space crew has trouble finding the dangerous alien that is hidden inside of one of them. ‘Alien: Covenant’ Prologue Trailer Features the Crew Enjoying Their ‘Last Supper’ Before CryosleepWeyland-Yutani Builds the Synthetic Android...

Art of the Film has created a captivating video featuring many of the different sounds found in season seven of Game of Thrones. No music included here, only sound effects and foley. Volume up, best with headphones. Enjoy! Supercut of Every On-Screen Death in Season Five of ‘Game of Thrones’An Epic Supercut Tribute to the...

DaveHax is back with another dapper life hack video where he demonstrates how to quickly tie a tie, without putting it on, and make the perfect knot. Perfect for formal wear and looking smart. How to Quickly Tie Your Shoelaces Using the Ukrainian Knot MethodLED Ampli-Tie, A Necktie That Doubles as a Working VU MeterA...

In an facinating episode of State of Repair, Motherboard sat down with pinball doctors Mike Hooker of Sayville, Long Island and Jon Ehrlich, owner of the Brooklyn pinball bar Jackbar, to chat with them about the popularity of pinball games today and what goes into keeping the specialized machines running. Pinball was once an American...

Stormtroopers walking down the stairs followed by Darth Vader. pic.twitter.com/LoQhOtdkpq — Sam Kalidi (@samkalidi) January 11, 2018 In a hilarious Star Wars themed remix, a solemn group of penguin Stormtroopers marched down the stairs one by one, clearing the way so that a penguin Darth Vader could make his grand entrance to a soundtrack of...

During a scene in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, a rebel soldier tasted the white substance found on the surface of the small mineral planet Crait and quickly realizes that it was salt. LeeAnna Vamp created a clever parody of the scene where her nephews play rebel soldiers and, after realizing what the planet is...

When a tiny baby cockatiel loudly begged his father for something to eat, the older bird patiently showed his son how he could eat on his own instead of just doing it for him. According to their human KristinGfugl, this is the first time she’s seen this happen. This is the first time I have...