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An absolutely adorable hedgehog named Mr. Pokee showed off his new blue knitted socks while getting a yummy belly rub. Mr. Pokee lives in Wiesbaden, Germany with his human Talitha and has accompanied her on many a holiday. Traveling with Pokee started when I decided to go abroad for a semester. At that point Pokee...

In the 22nd episode of his ongoing documentary series, entitled No Small Parts, host Brandon Hardesty dives deep into the amazing career of the incredibly versatile, multi-talented Keith David whose golden voice has resonated across stage, film, television and many other forms of modern media. Keith David is perhaps best known for his roles as...

Storm chasing filmmaker Dustin Farrell has created “Transient“, a stunning timelapse that compiles gorgeous footage of lightning bolts striking across the clouds and piercing through the sky to make contact with the ground. Farrell spent many days and drove many miles across the Great Plains during the summer of 2017 to capture such amazing, hardwon...

Filmmaker, actor, writer and comedian Jordan Peele sat down with the cameras of Vanity Fair and humorously addressed some of the more colorful fan theories (and conspiracies) that popped on reddit about his brilliant film Get Out. While some of the theories were obvious and others that were way out there, there was one that...

Videographer Swede Mason has put together a hilarious mashup that traded in the prominent visage of David Byrne in the video for the iconic Talking Heads song “Once In a Lifetime” with that of Donald Trump, providing a rather interesting take on the lyrics. And you may ask yourself What is that beautiful house? And...

A post shared by Lauren Ko (@lokokitchen) on Nov 24, 2017 at 12:01pm PST Seattle pastry artist Lauren Ko creates beautiful handmade pies and tarts that look absolutely scrumptious, with lovely designs she creates with pie crust and fruits. Each of these gorgeous culinary works are also given names that describe just how good they...

Louis Plamondon (a.k.a. “Sleepy Skunk“), a movie trailer editor based in Los Angeles, created a fantastic 2017 movie trailer mashup featuring trailers from 231 films. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips A Trailer for Disney’s 1991 Film Beauty and the Beast Made in the Style of the 2017 Live Action RebootA Shot for Shot Comparison of...

Professional engineer Paul Klusman has created a amusing new video where the classic film, Star Wars: A New Hope, is reenacted with dressed up cats. Klusman, the man behind the “An Engineer’s Guide to Cats” series, featured plenty of fake lasers, escalators, percolators, hand puppets, and homemade props in his purrfect movie remake starring fellow...

A thrilling new behind the scenes featurette has been released for Star Wars: The Last Jedi that features cast members training for their very physical roles in the upcoming film. The Last Jedi is set to battle its way into theaters on December 15th, 2017. Behind the Scenes Look at Star Wars: The Last JediMark...

Determined Scottish YouTuber Mike Boyd of the Learn Quick series challenged himself to quickly learn how to break a wine glass using only his voice. It took him approximately 4 hours and 29 minutes over the period of 14 days. A post shared by Mike Boyd (@mikeboydvideo) on Dec 4, 2017 at 4:08am PST Determined...

A post shared by Boogie Parker (@thesouthparkers) on Dec 1, 2016 at 7:41pm PST Boogie Parker, the wife of South Park co-creator Trey Parker, posted hilarious and adorable behind the scenes footage on Instagram last year of Trey helping their daughter Betty Boogie Parker recite dialogue for Ike Broflovski, the cute little potty mouth character...

The cast and director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi appeared on a special episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. At one point in the interview, Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) explained to Jimmy Kimmel how the “I Am Your Father” scene transpired and also did a spot on impression of Harrison Ford (Han Solo). Star Wars:...

On the latest episode of their Frontiers series, Great Big Story caught up with 77-year-old Tatsuo Horiuchi who picked up art after retiring. Instead of painting with a standard paintbrush, however, Horiuchi produces all sorts of incredible Japanese landscapes with Microsoft Excel. When Tatsuo Horiuchi retired, he decided to try his hand at art. But...

Beirut pranksters Alex Stifler and Jad Khawandi of HowAboutBeirut frightened all sorts of random strangers around town by pretending to drop a tall stack of connected boxes on top of them. Rebirth 2013, A 32-Foot-Tall Stack of Junked CarsTwins Prank Strangers by Pretending to Teleport While Getting Their Photo TakenAn Autonomous Robot That Can Pick...

Two very curious cats approached a moving metronome with extreme caution, desperately wanting to know what it was, but afraid of its movement. Every time the metronome ticked, the larger calico cat would twitch in perfect time. Once she got her nerve up, however, the calico reached out to swat the thing. When the metronome...

Scottish scientist Lisa DeBruine posted a silent (and very clever) animated GIF created by Happy Toast in which three giant power lines appear to be playing a game of jump rope. In doing so, DeBruine posed a very good question, why do some people hear a thud or boom when the jump is completed despite...

The European Space Agency (ESA) posted a wonderful video of the Expedition 53 crew making pizza in zero gravity while on board the International Space Station. The supplies for making the pizza were sent up by the automated Cygnus spacecraft. A post shared by NASA Astronaut Randy Bresnik (@astrokomrade) on Dec 2, 2017 at 5:51am...

An Israeli man in Binyamina Givat Ada, cleverly attached his violin bow to the windshield wipers of his truck, braced the violin itself against the driver’s side mirror and started the motor. The bow successfully swept back and forth across the strings, albeit rather dissonantly. But, after all practice does make perfect. My car is...

CryptoKitties by Axium Zen is a fascinating online game built using the Ethereum Blockchain technology that allows users to purchase virtual cats of with different traits to breed, sell, trade and collect. The setup involves a number of steps, all of which are explained on their site with a very helpful FAQ page. Additionally, users...

In 2016, Seung Chan Kim discovered why socks go temporarily missing in his house. It seems that with the help of a human accomplice, a sneaky little cat steals them while hiding underneath the upturned aqua blue laundry basket. It does help, however, that the cat is unknowingly loading the laundry basket for later. via...

While visiting his brother’s house in Chino Hills, California, a bearded man sought out the family dog, a funny little corgi who likes to spin around in endless circles as long that there’s a human hand to both lead and chase. I was visiting my brother in California. He knows I love this trick, so...

HBO Sports and the WWE teamed up with Bill Simmons to produce a documentary all about the life and career of professional wrestling legend André the Giant. Their first trailer, titled “He Was A God,” gives us a glimpse at a small portion of the amazing entertainment that the amazing man brought to fans around...

Josh and Ollie, known collectively known as Jolly as well as the “Korean Englishmen“, hilariously examined the English language and many of its quirks. Citing the number of homonyms (tear), homophones (tier), homographs (tear vs. tear) unusual letter combinations (enough) and conflicting definitions (nonplussed), Jolly declared English to be the most difficult and confusing language...

Adult Swim posted a Star Wars video featuring some of the funniest moments from Robot Chicken where Luke Skywalker has come “face-to-helmet” with his evil Sith lord father, Darth Vader. Vader’s Little Princess, A Star Wars Themed Children’s Book SequelDarth Vader and Son, A Star Wars Childrens Book by Jeffrey BrownRobot Chicken Star Wars Episode...

In May 2017, technician Brian Johnson sounded the beautifully renovated foghorn at the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse on Shetland Island, Scotland for the first time since 1987. Filmmaker JJ Jamieson documented the wonderful mechanical process that engages the gears to sound the horn. The Sumburgh Head Foghorn is a striking landmark. Recently restored and re-painted, the...

Sam Terry and his team at LID Helmets have created a wonderful foldable bike helmet for urban riders that features a collapsible and comfortable design. The stylish helmet, which comes in multiple colors, can easily be stored in a bag with ease. They are currently raising funds on Indeigogo to help with the manufacturing costs...

Bettina Warburg of Animal Ventures partnered with Wired to sit down to explain/discuss the concept of blockchain, the primary technology behind Bitcoin, with people at five different ages and at five different levels of understanding, ranging from a little girl who quickly grasped the idea of trade all the way to a man with significant...

Adam Savage of Tested visited Tom Spina Designs to get a behind the scenes look at how they brought his Chewbacca mask to life. The same mask that Savage wore to Comic-Con 2017. What’s underneath all that Wookiee fur? Adam and Tom walk through the many parts of Chewbacca, going over little-known details about how...

Postmodern Jukebox teamed up with incredible Swedish jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist Gunhild Carling to perform a lively cover of the song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams. Carling not only sang the lyrics, but she also played 10 different instruments and did some impressive tap dancing during the cover. Here is the original song. A post shared...

Lucas the Spider, the adorable animated arachnid by Joshua Slice who thought he had too many eyes, found himself outside in the winter cold, waiting by the window and asking to be let in. After getting no response, Lucas decided to just go sleep in the shed. Can I come inside please. It’s really really...

Jarvis City created a compilation video featuring numerous homages and references to Stanley Kubrick‘s 1980 film, The Shining, found in other movies and television shows. via The Overlook Hotel A Side-By-Side Comparison of Classic Film References Found in More Modern MoviesA Three-Minute Exploration of Some of the Best Visual Film References Found in Quentin Tarantino...

When it came time for the on duty crew at the Gulf Shores, Alabama Police Department to do their exercises, a truly loyal K9 police dog named Nitro joined right in and performed military-style pushups right alongside his fellow officers. K9 Nitro, Officer Cowan and Officer Hancock are getting warmed up and ready to apprehend...

In a vivid episode of of Vox Almanac, video producer Phil Edwards shared the fascinating history of Technicolor while also addressing the common myths about the iconic film The Wizard of Oz. Specifically, Edwards explained that the film was not the first to employ the new technology, how the Kansas section of the film was...

The ArtSpear Entertainment team has created a zany animated parody of the official trailer for The Last Jedi that makes everyone in the upcoming Star Wars film look like they are off their rockers. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is set to arrive in our galaxy on December 15th, 2017. Here is the original trailer....

British inventor Colin Furze, who previously built a gigantic Star Wars AT-ACT walker clubhouse, teamed up with eBay UK once again to create a life-size model of Kylo Ren‘s deadly TIE silencer spacecraft. What an epic project this has been, 46ft long 23ft wide and 14ft high the full steel construction looks as menacing as...

While waiting on the F Train at 23rd Street in New York City, resident Josh Gordon found himself watching a group of subway workers repairing a track. When Gordon began filming them, the workers received notice that a train was coming into the station. One by one, the men took their places in the recessed...

Comedian Gus Johnson has released a hilarious new sketch where he tries to sync up the sounds of his food and drinks, which he smuggled into a theater, with the loud music of a movie trailer to avoid getting caught. Rap Parody of the ‘Pacific Rim’ Movie Trailer by Nerdcore Rapper MC ChrisA Man Confuses...

A post shared by VAST (@vast_photos) on Nov 28, 2017 at 2:12pm PST Photographer Dan Piech of VAST spent a nearly a year creating the absolutely stunning “New York Dream“, an extremely high resolution photo of the titular city on New Year’s Eve, represented as a sparkling sphere. The photo is made up of 602-megapixels...

For the longest time, Simon’s Cat has been the cheeky bane of Simon’s existence, destroying the house in any and every way possible whether in the name of food or just a bit of feline “Crazy Time“. Now that Simon’s kitten is an ingrained part of the household, Simon’s Cat often gets a taste of...

When a person enters the United States Foreign Service, it’s imperative that they learn at least one, if not many different languages. The State Department very conveniently offers their own School of Language Studies, which has put together a fascinating map that shows the time needed for an English speaker to learn specific languages, each...

Artist and maker Benjamin Cowden, who previously invented a brilliant hand-cranked cocktail shaking contraption, has created an absolutely ingenious steampunk-style hand-cranked device that uses a peristaltic pump to measure out and release exactly the right amount of alcohol needed to fill a single shot glass. A device to produce precision shots, this machine uses a...

An adorable working cocker spaniel named Truffles went out in the snow for the very first timein his life and went absolutely mad, hilariously skidding up and down the sidewalk as he tried to take it all in. It’s not unusual that Truffles had never seen snow before as he lives with his humans Jo...

Turkish artist Tayfun Tinmaz creates absolutely gorgeous designs made out of cleverly folded, colored paper. Amongst his amazing designs are deer, butterflies, bees and several species of birds, including parrots, macaws and toucans, just to name a few. Many of these designs are available for purchase through the PaperpanTR Etsy store. Colorful papers are the...

In 2014, mmooney and roommates adopted an adorable kitten but couldn’t figure out what to name him. Instead, they put a number of names on slips of paper next to little bowls of food. Whichever three the kitten chose first would make the first round. After several rounds and a roommate veto, little Fireball got...

A post shared by Zsolt Hlinka (@zsolt_hlinka) on Nov 8, 2017 at 7:54am PST Hungarian photographer Zsolt Hlinka has created a gorgeous series entitled “Corner Symmetry” for which he photographically transformed several buildings in Budapest into street corners by juxtaposing mirror images of each building back on itself. He then added a single color background...

DUST presents BioPunk, a thrilling sci-fi short film created by Dresden Pictures. The short, which leaves you wanting for more, follows a group of individuals trying to survive in a devastated London in 2054 as junk dealers. They live in a world ravaged by corporate gene hacking that went wrong, killing billions of people and...

Brooklyn illustrator P.J. McQuade has created a new geektastic collection of pop culture Christmas cards for 2017 featuring characters from movies and television shows. McQuade got festive with characters from The Shawshank Redemption, IT, Star Wars, Twin Peaks, Cast Away, and Game of Thrones. His custom cards and ornaments are available to purchase from Etsy....

The creatives at ESMA made Château de Sable (Sand Castle), an exciting animated short film about a group of soldiers who are protecting a beautiful pear in the middle of the desert. The only problem is that there is a giant crab plotting to take it for its own. image via ESMA via CGMeetup ‘Bat.tutty.ry’,...

A friendly tortoise chased after the family cat amongst the green grass of a backyard. While the elusive feline didn’t appear to enjoy the chase, the surprisingly fast-moving terrapin kept up with the cat’s delicate strides the entire time. A Surprisingly Quick Tortoise Almost Keeps Up With a Playful Dog as They Chase One Another...

ScreenPrism created a wonderful video where they explore Jon Snow‘s (Kit Harington) powerful journey on Game of Thrones and the raw power that comes from being both a dragon (Targaryen) and a wolf (Stark). The Targaryen Wolf, A Tribute to Jon Snow’s Journey on Game of ThronesA Painfully Slow Jon Snow Game of Thrones Parody...