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An adorable little big-eyed owl named Nicha was so enjoying a yummy head scratch from her human, that when he stopped, the insistent little strigidae complained loudly until he resumed his head scratching duties. Per her human, Nicha loves attention. My pet owl Nicha loves to play and for me to show her attention An...

Norwegian rocker Leo Moracchioli of Frog Leap Studios compared three different electric guitars at three different price points – a borrowed BC Rich Warlock MK1 that sells for less than $300, a Cherrystone Hollow Body purchased on eBay and an $1,800 Musil guitar. While he had good things to say about each of the guitars,...

Jane is an award-winning film from National Geographic that tells the story of anthropologist and primatologist Jane Goodall and her remarkable pioneering work with chimpanzees. In making the film, director Brett Morgan referred to lost footage from the archives and used an original score written by Philip Glass. Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been...

While watching the Invictus Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from the stands, an adorable little girl repeatedly swiped kernels of popcorn from a bag that was on the lap of the games founder Prince Harry. The Prince was so involved in a conversation on the other side that he remained oblivious to the theft, but...

Electrical engineer Greg Leyh has a long history of building amazing Tesla Coils, some of which have been featured in Survival Research Labs shows and at Maker Faire. He is currently is working on bringing the world’s largest Tesla Coil to life and he’s nearly completed the project, but unfortunately, he lost his creative space...

A post shared by Mark Powell art (@mark_powell_art) on Jul 12, 2017 at 5:58am PDT Equipped with his trusty medium black inked Bic Biro ballpoint pen, British artist Mark Powell draws absolutely incredible portraits of the beautifull weathered faces of older people that he sees onto the surfaces of vintage maps, newspapers, magazine covers and...

Toronto artist Dorota Pankowska created an awesome Blank Business Card that is only visible when viewed through a bright light. Pankowska shared more photos of her clever design on her website. It’s made from 3 layers of cardstock, and the one in the middle contains a laser cut stencil that allows the light to pass...

Zabring is offering a creative pair of largemouth bass fish slippers that look like they came straight out of the lake. The brightly colored microfiber slippers are available to purchase from Amazon. via WeirdShitYouCanBuy, Tina Roth Eisenberg Cutting Open a Big Mouth Billy Bass Singing Fish to Find Out What’s InsideA Big Mouth Billy Bass...

With the announcement of the BBC Blue Planet II prequel series, video producer Christophe Haubursin of Vox took a deep dive into the process by which composer Hans Zimmer, Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood quite beautifully remixed an existing Radiohead song entitled “Bloom” into a gorgeously rich orchestral piece that worked perfectly with the series....

In their new insightful video essay, ScreenPrism dove in and gave us a wonderful breakdown of director Wes Anderson‘s life as a young man, his unique filming techniques, and his career launching 1998 comedy-drama film, Rushmore. The start of every school year provides a great excuse to revisit one of the most enduring films about...

Great Big Story travelled to the Japanese village of Inakadate in the Aomori Prefecture to learn more about the gorgeously detailed artistic rice paddy masterpieces that cover the many fields. Vice Mayor Yukio Kasai explained that the village has always been famous for growing rice and in an effort to promote tourism, the local farmers...

Looper takes a look at the easter eggs, hidden references, and things missed in season one of Netflix‘s television series, Stranger Things. Easter Eggs and Hidden References in LoganSecret Easter Eggs and References Hidden in Popular Television ShowsDaredevil Season 2 Easter Eggs, Secret Cameos and Hidden References

A fascinating advertisement for the retail payment system Klarma showed footage of a mysterious creature gliding underwater with its glorious long tresses luxuriously trailing along. It turns out that the creature is a gorgeous Afghan hound who plays a big role in the company’s highly creative “Smoooth” ad campaign. Last year, Klarna launched the “Smoooth”...

(larger) Retired Boeing software engineer Keith Enevoldsen created the color-coded “Periodic Tables of Elements, in Pictures and Words” for both kids and adults to help us all understand the chemical elements in a fun way with drawings of how they interact with our normal everyday lives. Enevoldsen also made a textual periodic table featuring even...

Victoria, British Columbia artist Kasey Golden challenged herself to see how small she could actually draw. Golden started off illustrating her cute original character, Hatch, on a standard 5″ x 7″ piece of paper and ended up with an extremely tiny scrap of paper that she had to use a magnifying glass on. A post...

Filmmakers Blake Faucette and Matthew Sumner of Distractotron and Beat Down Boogie created a new cosplay video featuring some of the most amazing pop culture themed costumes seen at Dragon Con 2017. They shared their full series of photos on Facebook and Instagram. A post shared by Blake Faucette (@videoguyblake) on Sep 22, 2017 at...

To celebrate season two of Stranger Things creeping up on us next month, Netflix created an amusing trailer, titled “Love in the Upside Down,” that imagines the popular series as a 1980s romantic comedy. A love story turned upside down. Beth & Taxes, A Romantic Comedy Parody About Love, Accounting, and Tax SeasonThe Upside Down...

In honor of Star Trek: Discovery, The Warp Zone performed a capella covers of five iconic Star Trek television show theme songs in one out of this world medley. They sing music from The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise. Will Ferrell Sings the Female Vocals From the Original ‘Star...

A post shared by keisuke(25) (@kei7474) on Jul 22, 2017 at 5:11am PDT Japan is known for their amazing fireworks festivals (“hanabi“) that take place in various cities around the country throughout the course of the summer. Photographer Keisuke traveled to many of these festivals, capturing absolutely stunning photos that truly reflect the color, detail,...

Onni, the adorable umbrella cockatoo who likes to greet his dad at the door tried to make sense of the silly sounds that his human brother Chet was making. Ultimately, Onni decided to give Chet a kiss, perhaps in appreciation for the entertainment or in a polite effort to get him to be quiet. But...

In January 2017, a sleepy owl awoke with a start, looked around the room with big eyes and then let out an adorable little sneeze. After recovering from the first sneeze, the sweet strigidae sneezed again. According to the owl’s human, “The owl will sneeze on cold days.” via Nature is Amazing, swissmiss Sleepy Cat...

While on location in Costa Rica, the adventurous Brave Wilderness host Coyote Peterson and his loyal crew trudged out into the leafy wilderness of the jungle to search for glass frogs, amazing amphibians with translucent skin. Peterson was able to locate a tiny dwarf glass frog, as well as a beautiful green striped glass frog....

A post shared by Stephan Niks (@stephanix3d) on Jul 21, 2017 at 8:40pm PDT Gouda, Netherlands 3D artist Stephan Niks created Anatomini, a detailed 10:1 scale anatomical LEGO model of a minifig that comes complete with a skeleton, organs, and blood vessels. You can help Niks’s idea become an an official LEGO product by being...

German insect enthusiast and breeder Adrian Kozakiewicz of Insecthaus captured absolutely adorable footage of a rather determined praying mantis perched in front of an iPhone and attempting to catch a digital spider that was scampering across the screen of a video game made for cats. A Creepy Crawly Collection of Insects Built Out of LEGOIncredible...

In a striking episode of the Vox series Overrated, video producer Phil Edwards explains the fascinating history of the typewriter, the different ways the keyboard letters were arranged, who invented the QWERTY keyboard and how the Union Typewriter Company, a conglomerate of typewriter manufacturers, permanently affixed QWERTY as the standard keyboard arrangement. Over time, however,...

The BBC has released a gorgeous sneak peak for Blue Planet II, a sequel to their critically acclaimed sea life documentary series The Blue Planet. The series will feature beautifully shot footage and images of the deep blue seas and aquatic life from around the earth and will be narrated by Sir David Attenborough. Attenborough...

A post shared by SEABREACHER (@theseabreacher) on Oct 14, 2014 at 5:59pm PDT The Seabreacher is a custom built two seat semi-submersible watercraft, designed and developed by Innespace Productions, that is available as a shark, a dolphin, a whale, or any other requested creation. Unlike conventional watercraft that only operate on a two dimensional plane,...

Actor Zac Efron, who arrived home in a gorgeously restored 1964 and a half Mustang that he inherited from his grandfather, met up with Joe Sabia of Condé Nast Entertainment who asked him 73 random questions for the ongoing Vogue series. Efron was happy to provide answers as he gave Sabia a tour of his...

Paramount Pictures released a teaser trailer for Annihilation, a sci-fi film directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, 28 Days Later) and based on the book of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer. The film follows a biologist named Lena (Natalie Portman) who sets out on a dangerous expedition, in an area plagued by a mysterious...

HBO released chapter one of Game of Thrones Conquest & Rebellion, an animated look at the chaotic events that shaped the seven kingdoms in Westeros. All of the events highlighted in the 45-minute storybook style animated series, beginning with “Valyria’s Last Scion: House Targaryen,” took place thousands of years before the Game of Thrones television...

Comedian and musician Gus Johnson released a parody of the Primitive Technology series, appropriately titled “Even Primitiver Technology,” where he hilariously runs around in his underwear while demonstrating all of the amazing things that you can do with rocks. How to Make a Reusable Charcoal Mound in the WoodsGoodnight iPad, A Parody of the Children’s...

A father in Pearl River, Louisiana captured footage of his 5-year-old son operating a giant backhoe. The awesome little kid successfully scooped up some dirt and dropped into the back of a dump truck. Me and my son were at a local dirt pit. Each time we loaded the truck I let him sit on...

Shrekfest is an annual celebration of Shrek films that takes place at James Madison Park in Madison, Wisconsin. Event host, 3GI, posted footage from Shrekfest 2017 featuring a fun group of Shrek fans, their hilarious costumes, and an epic onion eating contest. A post shared by 3GI (@the3gi) on Sep 5, 2017 at 8:01pm PDT...

Burger Fiction presents their selections for the 100 greatest movie gadgets of all time. They show off the hoverboard from Back to the Future Part II, the Mark V suitcase armor from Iron Man 2, and Data’s slick shoes from The Goonies. The 50 Greatest Movie Trailers of All TimeThe 100 Greatest Movie Threats of...

American Made star Tom Cruise and director Doug Liman met up with Wired to answer some of the web’s most searched questions about themselves during an Autocomplete Interview. Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions About ThemselvesChris Evans Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions About HimselfAmy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Answer...

In “What’s It Like To Have No Memory?”, by Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi aka Blocko explains what happens within the brain to cause memory loss, particularly that of Alzheimer’s Disease and other age related diseases, and how frightening memory loss can be. Blocko also offers the incredible resource of Abe’s Garden, who explains in...

A post shared by Nudie Patooties (@nudiepatooties) on Sep 25, 2017 at 6:41pm PDT Nudie Patooties is a wonderfully adorable line of clothing specifically created for the specific needs of hairless cats. Based in Bloomington, Minnesota, the company is owned by a mother daughter duo were making clothes for their own sphynx cats and decided...

YouTuber Tom Scott visited New Haven, Connecticut to take a look at a perpetual bond that’s 367 years old from the Lekdijk Bovendams water authority in the Netherlands that is being housed at Yale University. Scott spoke with Professor of Corporate Finance Professor Rouwenhorst about the bond and was surprised to learn that it was...

While travelling down a Sri Lankan road, tourist riding around in a guided tuk tuk came across a wayward elephant. A local man witnessing the scene, came up with a way to distract the hungry pachyderm, but unfortunately, something got lost in translation. The elephant proceeded to knock over the vehicle and examine all its...

Artist and YouTuber Wee Scottish Lass hilariously attempted to pronounce English words and phrases that were linguistically difficult for her to say. Included in this list were the name Carol and the random terms such as “purple burglar alarm” and “Irish Wrist watch”. Sometimes there are some things Scottish people cannot say… Like we just...

Official Baseball Rulebook, Rule 6.01 (n): If a player brings you nachos, they automatically become your new favorite player. #ThatsCub pic.twitter.com/1csmSdjoFL — Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) September 26, 2017 During a September 25th game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, the far reaching Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell dove into the stands to make an unlikely...

Ekaterina Lisina, a 6’9″ Russian model and former Olympic athlete, has set two Guinness World Records with her gorgeous pair of gams – the first for having the longest legs on a female and the second for being the tallest model. Lisina, who was teased in her Penza school when she was younger, intends to...

Game Revealed is a seven part series that goes behind the scenes and gives us a look at how the seventh season of Game of Thrones came to life. In a clip from episode 4, titled “Warrior Women,” we get to see the process for creating Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) and Brienne of Tarth‘s (Gwendoline...

LOV ANNY has released the Muscle Leggings, an anatomically correct pair of stretchy leggings that look like exposed leg muscles. They are available to purchase from Amazon. via WeirdShitYouCanBuy, swissmiss Muscle Leggings, Exposed Leg Muscle Flesh Fashion LeggingsArtist Embroiders New Life Into Faded Photos by Making Them Anatomically CorrectAnatomically Correct Chocolates

A post shared by Lady Lola (@ladylolathecat) on Sep 15, 2017 at 12:45pm PDT An absolutely gorgeous and rather large ragdoll cat named LadyLola, who lives on a big ship with her human Nina and ragdoll brother Olan, was hanging out in the bathroom watching her Nina get ready, whe she suddenly jumped up onto...

Wes Copeland managed to break an amazing a Guinness World Record on May 5th, 2016 for achieving the highest score on Donkey Kong. Copeland spent three hours hammering away at Nintendo‘s classic arcade game and acquired a whopping 1,218,000 points. Guinness World Records posted photos and touched on the story behind the gamer extraordinaire earlier...

Stuart McGurk of British GQ met up with Mark Hamill to chat with him about Star Wars and if he will use his lightsaber in The Last Jedi, which will land in theaters on December 15th, 2017. StarWars.com also interviewed Hamill about his iconic role as Luke Skywalker and how it will play out in...

The YouTube channel, It’s a small world, played an amusing cover of Smash Mouth‘s song “All Star” on two musical calculators. Here is the original song. A Rocking Mashup of Smash Mouth’s Song ‘All Star’ and ‘In the End’ by Linkin Park That Works Surprisingly WellSmash Mouth’s Catchy Song ‘All Star’ Remade With Windows XP...

A post shared by Scott Beale (@scottbeale) on Sep 25, 2017 at 12:33pm PDT Sudden Coffee is a very handy, subscription-based service that features high quality instant coffee that’s made from sustainably grown coffee beans that are roasted, uniquely brewed with a proprietary process and then batch dried into a powder that can be reconstituted...

After missing her connecting flight in Charlotte, North Carolina, YouTuber Mahshid Mazooji decided to stop feeling sorry for herself and get up and dance. In doing so, she recruited a number of airport employees and other passengers to show off their best moves as they grooved to the classic Lionel Richie song “All Night Long”...