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A chubby little squirrel in Washington, D.C. who scored big with an entire glazed donut, wasted no time climbing up on to a tree branch to enjoy the treat to its fullest extent. The combination of sugar and the squirrel’s own natural jumpiness nearly took hold when people came near, but in the end, the...

An incredibly rare yellow cardinal made a surprise appearance in the southern Birmingham suburb of Alabaster, Alabama. This bird is just like other cardinals but is yellow instead of red due to a genetic mutation that interrupted the metabolic process of pigmentation. Resident Charlie Stephenson, who captured beautiful video of the bird, told AL.com that...

While filming a music video for the Thunderpussy song “Torpedo Love“, producer Sylvia Massey struck a snare drum inside the abandoned Satsop nuclear cooling towers in Elma, Washington where they were shooting. After a moment’s delay, the sound rolled around the side of towers and exploded into a thunderous roar. During the recording of Thunderpussy...

It appears that the waters of Cabo San Lucas in Baja, California are filled with some very hungry sea lions who will ask boaters for food

Great Big Story went inside a Boeing plant in New Orleans that’s currently collaborating with NASA to build the Space Launch System, an incredibly powerful rocket that could quite possibly put the the first human on Mars. They spoke with a number of employees who are working on this exciting project, including Chad Bryant, the...

In a sinewy episode of their incredibly insightful and fascinating animations, the ever-philosophical design house Kurzgesagt explains the history of string theory, the possible uses for string theory, the limitations of string theory and how string theory was an elegant story created to account for gravity in quantum physics, but could not overcome the limitations...

Drone racer Paul Nurkkala (a.k.a. “NURK FPV“) shows off his insane skills while expertly piloting his FPV quadcopter drone through his extremely difficult obstacle course with hoops, walls, twists, and turns. This has to be one of the best courses we’ve ever made. It was SO much fun to fly when you nailed it. A...

Ben Cusick (a.k.a. “NightHawkInLight“) took a look at how magnets react to copper last week and, after his findings and his audiences curiosity, Cusick attempted to slow down or stop a magnetic cannonball by shooting it through electromagnetic induced force fields in copper. An Electromagnetic Quadcopter Demonstrates How Magnetic Levitation Works100 Pounds of Magnetic Putty...

An impressively intelligent German shepherd named Rambo, who’s learning how to read with the help of his human Lily, deftly demonstrated his comprehension by correctly following written commands like “sit” and “bow” on signs held up for him to see. 2.5 years old GSD Rambo is learning how to read Rambo and Lily in a...

A man, who was in the process of building a wall for a client, used the double domino effect to make a row of stone slabs almost all fall perfectly into place. Bricklayers Set Up a Row of Bricks That Fall Perfectly Into Place Like Dominoes to Cap a WallA Colorful Mountain Made Out of...

Mehdi (a.k.a. “DrMachakil“) has created a hilarious video where classic and modern films feature soundtracks literally picked up from random lines in a scene. They feature musically enhanced scenes from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Terminator 2, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Blue Planet II, A Prequel to the...

Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer of Corridor Digital have created “Come Get Some!,” a new live-action short about a half naked matador (Jake Watson) who battles a zombie to prove his worth at a survivor camp. A Journalist Interviews Two Reformed Zombies in the Funny Animated Comedy ‘Less Than Human’Fighting Mad, California Bloodless BullfightsConan Gets...

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...