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The film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism, who has previously offered excellent analysis of a great number of series and movies, examines why love is so elusive in the world of Star Wars. Using the examples of Rey and Kylo Ren in The Last Jedi, Leia Organa and Han Solo in Return of the Jedi,...

A few of weeks before Christmas, an excited golden retriever name Cook eagerly opened up a box meant for him. Waiting inside was a brand new golden retriever puppy. Cook and the puppy became fast friends, showing immediate affection for one another. According to Cook’s human Marie Ahonen, Cook been a bit lonely since his...

Ami Yamato, a 3D animated vlogger from London that does not appear to know she is virtual, released a new video where she is edited into Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Yamato made Kylo Ren‘s blood boil by enjoying a soothing massage chair, beating him in a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors and poking fun at how...

Chain reaction and domino artist Steve Price (a.k.a. “Sprice Machines“) posted a video of a little red ball going on an incredible pegboard wall mounted chain reaction adventure filled with mind-blowing tricks. Inspired by Biisuke Ball and Magnets and Marbles. Wall mounted tricks are my favorite type of chain reaction tricks and I discovered a...

YouTuber bethyalamode dropped a GoPro camera into their water well to see what exactly was down there. The 110-foot trip turned out to be quite fascinating as they ventured past caves inside of limestone. Our well drilling report from Barney Moravec mentioned that there were caves in the limestone at 110′. What could that possibly...

Japanese app developer Kazuya Noshiro of ViRD posted a video on Twitter that shows him using an iPhone X to make his face invisible. You can look right through Noshiro’s face, to the wall behind him. iPhoneX?????????????????? pic.twitter.com/aPXJcHi8Y4 — ??? (@noshipu) December 27, 2017 via DesignTAXI A Clever Trained Cat Abandons His Own Bell to...

Concerned about effect of trash upon the environment, the Indonesian company Evoware has turned to the plentiful and sustainable resource of seaweed to make their cleverly designed line of environmentally friendly, biodegradable product packaging. The packaging is perfect for food as the seaweed although tasteless, is completely edible and nutritious. It can also be used...

Robert Carlson of 5 Mad Movie Makers captured footage of a Hot Wheels diecast car and a custom 3D printed camera car speeding through his incredible backyard race track. Slow Motion Footage of Hot Wheels Cars Doing Incredible Flips, Twists, and Jumps on a TrackPOV Footage of Cars Racing to the Finish on a Large...

The wonderfully informative series The Infographics Show explains through entertaining animation, what daily life looks like in Vatican City, the smallest non-sovereign country in the world, in terms of its government, its population, its money, its workforce population and its financial reliance upon tourism. It functions like a country in other ways – such as...

Los Angeles baker and author Rosanna Pansino of Nerdy Nummies posted a tasty tutorial where she shows how to make galaxy themed cupcakes. Pansino’s full recipe is available to view on her website and in The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook. A post shared by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on Dec 26, 2017 at 10:11am PST A post...

Jordan Wilson posted an amazing timelapse video that shows him slowly aging from 13 to 23 years old in a little over four minutes. December 25th 2007 – 25th December 2017 (Age 13 years, 5 months – 23 years, 5 months) via reddit A Father Creates an Amazing Timelapse of His Daughter Aging From 0...

Primitive Technology demonstrated how to make a variety of different pottery and a functioning stove out of clay that was gathered from a newly discovered location. I made some pottery from the clay in the new area to see how well it performed. A large bank of clay was exposed by the side of the...

A post shared by Matt Wilson (@airtightartwork) on Nov 28, 2017 at 1:08pm PST Artist Matt Wilson of Airtight Artwork crafts really beautiful sculptures of birds out of recycled kitchen utensils and tools. The birds are incredibly detailed to the point where the individual pieces of silverware are no longer seen, but instead the entirety...

A post shared by Gabriel Dishaw (@gabrieljunkart) on Dec 24, 2017 at 7:35am PST Artist Gabriel Dishaw has created a brilliant series of Star Wars busts and sculptures that utilize old Louis Vuitton purses and bags that have been discarded by their previous owners in one way or another. The distinctive logo helps to add...

During the 1985 recording of the USA for Africa song “We Are the World“, the famous singers and musicians who were working well into the night broke out into a spontaneous version of “Banana Boat Song (Day O)” in honor of singer Harry Belafonte. Inspired by the Band Aid supergroup song “Do They Know It’s...

The short documentary “Beatrice” tells the story of Beatrice Vio a talented Italian fencing champion, who started the sport at the age of five. When she turned 12, her arms and legs were tragically amputated due to the necrosis that formed in her limbs by a severe case of meningitis. Rather than giving up fencing...

With 2018 almost here, a very wise Simon’s Cat offers up some helpful advice regarding New Year’s resolutions for his beleaguered human through a series of amusing vignettes designed to inspire a little motivation for the coming year. It’s that time of year when New Year Resolutions are decided! Watch our Guide To film to...

Mat Taylor of the interesting tech blog and YouTube channel, Techmoan, took a look the Roland MT-80S, a portable music player from the late 1990s that plays MIDI music stored on a 3.5″ floppy disk. via The Awesomer Yann Tiersen’s Song ‘Comptine D’Un Autre Été: L’Après Midi’ From the Film ‘Amélie’ Played on Floppy and...

Artist Steve Richter of Regal Robot posted a marvelous timelapse video of him sculpting a gladiator version of the Hulk From Thor: Ragnarok. We previously wrote about Richter’s Chewbacca sculpture. A post shared by Steven Richter (@richter_steven) on Oct 23, 2017 at 10:02pm PDT A post shared by Steven Richter (@richter_steven) on Nov 26, 2017...

In a rather dizzying episode of “Things You Might Not Know“, host Tom Scott explains via a constantly rotating camera courtesy of Matt Gray, how a moving image captured on video can be both two dimensional and three dimensional at the same time. This feature is called the Pulfrich effect, which states a moving object...

British puzzle maker Tony Fisher, who built the world’s largest and smallest Rubik’s Cube puzzle, is back with a new video where he shows off how he is able to make a functioning Rubik’s Cube out of ice. An Enormous 1.57-Meter Working Rubik’s Cube Breaks the Guinness World RecordA Rubik’s Cube Battenberg Style CakeFirst-Person Video...

Eric Flavin and his team at Phantom F have created the Opendo, an amazing garage door opener that looks just like a classic Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) controller. Phantom F is raising funds on Kickstarter to help with production costs. As a child of the 80’s maybe there was more to your life than Nintendo...

After eating his holiday meal, rather serene and sated corn snake named Spaghetti relaxed comfortably on the couch, clad in a knitted purple tube sweater. This sweater was a handmade Christmas gift from the sister of Spaghetti’s human. My sister made my pet snake a sweater! Spaghetti is a corn snake. Super nice, doesn’t bite...

Video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter took a detailed look at the Fleetwood Mac song “Dreams” from the iconic album Rumors and explained how the song was written by Stevie Nicks on piano, how producer Ken Caillat incorporated the different instruments into the two chord song, which of those sounds stood...

To celebrate the world of cinema this past year, CLS Videos created a fantastic supercut video featuring scenes from movies released in 2017. Supercut of Characters Laughing in MoviesA Supercut of Every 2017 Oscar Nominated FilmSupercut of Will Ferrell Yelling in Movies

A sweet little Janus kitten (born with two faces) named Bettie Bee was born on December 12, 2017 in Eastern Cape, South Africa along with a litter of healthy normal kittens. Knowing she would need a great deal of attention that they wouldn’t be able to provide, the family placed the kitten with a very...

The Canadian company, Beardo, has create an awesome collection of realistic animal face ski masks. Their playful ski masks depicting dogs, cats, orangutans, and pandas are available to purchase from their shop. We previously wrote about Beardo’s wonderful Beard Hat and Beardo Baubles beard Christmas ornaments. A post shared by BEARDO® Official (@beardowear) on Jan...

Looper created a fantastic compilation video featuring some of the funniest, most unexpected movie and television show bloopers that happened while filming death scenes. It’s always sad to watch your favorite character shuffle off this mortal coil. But it’s even worse for the actors involved, who often have to film these emotionally difficult scenes over...

The Auralnauts created an amusing video where Kylo Ren gives a “calm” and honest review of the newly released Star Wars: The Last Jedi film. Kylo Ren Reacts to the New ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ TrailerFirst ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Trailer Features the Return of Rey, Finn, Poe, Kylo, and LukeKylo Ren Gives...

When photographer Jesse Walters found out that SpaceX would be launching their Falcon 9 Rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California, he set up his gear and captured an absolutely gorgeous timelapse of the incredible launch. This particular launch was close to my hometown in Yuma, Arizona, roughly 400 miles away but...

News Be Funny presents a funny compilation video of some of the best news bloopers from 2017. A Compilation of April 2016 News BloopersA Compilation of September 2016 News BloopersA Compilation of July 2016 News Bloopers

In honor of Christmastime, Puddles Pity Party, the golden-throated sad clown, performed a cosmic cover of the classic Christmas carol “Do You Hear What I Hear” in gorgeous three part harmony against a bright constellation of stars. I don’t know what it is, but when I hear Holiday music I can’t help but feel we...

Artist Susan Aitken created a beautifully elaborate gingerbread house from scratch; patiently designing, baking, cutting, decorating and building the home she calls the “Old Mill Studio“, inspired by the mill (Moulin) at Hameau de la Reine in Versaille. The entire process was captured in a wonderful timelapse. The long awaited Old Mill Studio, my gingerbread...

In the truly fascinating short film “Santa Is a Psychedelic Mushroom“, with animation by James Bascara and Ben Silberstein, filmmaker Matthew Salton for The New York Times dug deep into a valided theory positing that psychedelic mushrooms that were used in ancient shamanistic rituals of Lapland tribes can explain much of the modern mythology that...

Joseph Herscher of Joseph’s Machines, who calls himself an inventor of useless machines, shared the very creative solution he found to easily wrap presents using a bicycle wheel, a roll of tape and a length of rope. He also hilariously demonstrated his tree decorating machine, which might be a bit hard on the environment. I...

In a humorous instructional video, a helpful Australian woman very patiently demonstrated how to wrap your cat in a cozy swaddling of colorful wrapping paper in order to sit under the tree amongst the other presents to be opened at Christmas. Note: this method works best with a cat who isn’t particularly active or aggressive....

Once safely ensconsed inside his warm home again, Lucas the Spider, the adorable animated arachnid by Joshua Slice who thought he had too many eyes went for a wonderful slippery ride around the bathroom sink, carefully avoiding the drain as he slid around. After a few times around the sink, Lucas became curious about that...

xkcd has compiled some little known facts and figures about Santa Claus on this Christmas day. We’ve gotten him up to 20% milk and cookies through an aggressive public campaign, but that seems to be his dietary limit. Anything above that and he starts developing nutritional deficiencies. A Series of Festive Facts About Holiday SongsJimmy...

Real Life Lore offers very helpful advice regarding the safest place to be should a zombie apocalypse escape the realm of fiction and make its way into a bleak reality. Taking the most logical tact, he suggests that water may be the safest place because zombies are thought to not be able to swim, but...

In a surprising episode of the CNN culinary show Parts Unknown, Chef Sean Brock accompanied a rather skeptical Anthony Bourdain on his very first visit to a Waffle House. Brock was very familiar with the menu, as he grew up in southwest Virginia and had a singular recommendation for Bourdain – the pecan waffle. Bourdain...

An absolutely gorgeous Alaskan malamute named Nikon adorably and patiently taught his little puppy sister Mocha how to howl in the most wonderfully instructive way. Sitting by her side, Nikon kept his powerful voice ringing through Mocha’s vocal fits and starts, until she began to get the hang of it. According to their human, Danish...

In a Sao Paulo, Brasil mall, a beautiful golden retriever in a Santa Hat playfully posed in a Christmas tree display full of animatronic versions of himself. It’s difficult to tell whether or not this was a planned event, either way, however, the optics were perfect. Creepy Santa Display at Theme Park in Ho Chi...

In 1956, a tiny newborn gorilla was found on the floor of the gorilla habitat at the Columbus Zoo, still enclosed in the amniotic sac and unable to breathe. The resident veterinarian took the tiny primate, cut open the sac and got her breathing again. This gorilla was Colo, the first gorilla ever to be...

A post shared by lucy litman (@lucialitman) on Jun 6, 2017 at 10:16am PDT San Francisco artist and photographer Lucy Litman has created a wonderful series of photos featuring assortments of delicious looking foods, drinks, and treats that are paired up with their matching Pantone color. More photos from Litman’s yummy series are available to...

In a comedy sketch by Third Leg Studios, a man opens up Christmas presents from his family and quickly finds out that they were not purchased with him in mind, but for their own selfish selves. A Chaos Christmas Carol with Chicken John and friends…Quirky the Blind KittenCat in a Shark Costume Rides Around on...

In a very clever parody of a typical daytime television life insurance commercial from Late Night with Seth Meyers, three women sat around a kitchen table at a suburban house clad in very tasteful outfits, playing gin and complaining about how to invest for retirement. One woman stated her Bitcoin strategy and proceeded to explain...

In a brilliant, funny and very prescient comedy sketch by British duo Tom and Hubert, a bearded man (Tom Hanson) who disappeared out to sea on New Year’s Eve 2016 returns to shore during the last few days of 2017. He is greeted by a suited man in a bowler hat (Hubert Burton) who fills...

Steeplejack and TV personality Fred Dibnah demonstrates how to build scaffolding on a 200-foot chimney stack. YouTube user dovecott shared more videos featuring Disbnah’s classic chimney repair and demolition demonstrations. via b3ta.com A Demonstration of How to Build a 10-Foot-Tall Fire Tornado as Safely as PossibleA Daring Descent Down the Outside of 920 Foot High...

The True Meaning of Christmas by xkcd They all made fun of Autometalogolex, but someday there will be a problem with Christmas that can only be solved if Santa somehow gets a serious headache, and then they'll see. The Official Trailer for ‘Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever’ on Lifetime Features Grumpy Cat Being GrumpyHow To...

When comedian and The Carson Podcast host Mark Malkoff expressed concern that the dogs of New York City have never really been able to participate in the beloved tradition of Christmas carolling. In order to assuage this concern, he and a small group of friends went to the giant Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center, scoped...