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Nick Carefoot of NUMERAL vi shared old footage from 1994 of a 13-year-old Seth Rogen performing stand-up for the first time in Vancouver, Canada at a lesbian bar called The Lotus. Here is Rogen talking about the experience with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show last year. Carefoot also shared footage of Seth performing stand-up...

“CamperForce” is a brilliant yet sobering short documentary by Brett Story, Field of Vision and Jessica Bruder. The film, which is adapted from Bruder’s book “Nomadland”, tells the story about workampers – older people who were bankrupted by the Great Recession of 2008 and decided to downsize their lives in every way they could. Living...

Finnish couple Lauri Vuohensilta and Anni Vuohensilta of the Beyond the Press channel teamed up with Neverthink to capture slow motion footage of an antique television being blown to smithereens with explosive detonating cord. Christmas Tree Made Out of Detonating Cord Exploding in Super Slow MotionThe Hydraulic Press Channel and Swedish Dynamite Team Up to...

The Supporting Act is a wonderful 2017 short animated Christmas film, created by the talented folks at BBC One, about a young girl who works hard for her school’s holiday talent show. Her hard-working father, however, finds it hard to spend time with her, until she really needs him. The loving father and nervous daughter...

While in quick pursuit of a feathery fishing rod toy, a tiny kitten came around an entryway corner, slipped a bit on the shiny tile floor and then impressively scaled a yellow wall, almost to the ceiling in hopes of securing the evasive prey. Seven Maine Coon Kittens Perform Synchronized Head Bobbing Routine In Visual...

Maker and builder Sean Hodgins created an brilliant Christmas ornament that taps into YouTube and displays a festive loop of classic Christmas commercials from the 1990s. The impressive ornament was brought to life from a 3D printed shell, a 2.2″ TFT LCD screen, and a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Hodgins shared his complete tutorial and...

A very festive Gina Rodriguez invited Joe Sabia of Condé Nast Entertainment into her Los Angeles home to answer 73 random questions for Vogue. Twirling around in a flowy green dress, Rodriguez lovingly spoke about her family, her favorite places to visit, learning to box, her belief in hope and empathy, and her wish for...

Boston native Mark Wahlberg, who was once known as rapper “Marky Mark“, sat down with Vogue to define a series of slang terms and expressions that he heard and used while growing up in Dorchester. He also took the extra step of affecting the distinct area accent while putting the words into the context of...

Brett Wilson and Ellen DeAngelis of BackYard Chickens built an out of this world UFO chicken coop spaceship from two old aluminum satellite dishes that were stacked on top of each other. They beefed up the coop with insulation to fight off the Idaho winters, a waterproof barrier, and reflective paint to help push the...

A creepy alien popped out of a newspaper dispenser and scared unsuspecting pedestrians in New York City in an elaborate staged prank. The stunt was created as a promotion for the upcoming 11th season of The X-Files by Thinkmodo, the same viral advertising agency behind the promotional stunt for Carrie and Devil’s Due. Season 11...

Bright stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton sat down with Wired to answer the web’s most searched questions about the themselves during an Autocomplete Interview. What is Will Smith’s IQ? Who did Joel Edgerton play in Star Wars? Who is Will Smith’s best friend? Matt Damon and Julianne Moore Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions...

In a loopy episode of “Simon’s Cat Logic” entitled “What do cats want for Christmas?“, animator Simon Toland and animal behaviorist Nicky Trevorrow explain why catnip is so attractive to those of the feline persuasion, what type of reactions cats have to catnip, the safety of catnip and some creative ways to incorporate catnip onto...

A post shared by Avocado Stone Faces (@avocadostonefaces) on Nov 8, 2017 at 2:56am PST Irish artist Jan Campbell of Avocado Stone Faces, has created a beautiful line of pendants, each featuring exquisitely detail designs that are all made from the pit or stone of an avocado fruit. Much of Campbell’s work is focused on...

A post shared by Chunky Aka Monkey (@bigchunkymonkey) on Nov 5, 2017 at 11:10am PST An absolutely adorable English bulldog named Monkey must have a very good and trusting nature, because it appears that whenever he falls asleep on his back, his humans waste no time stacking different foods such as marshmallows, potato chips, donuts,...

Writer, journalist and Columbia University teacher Jessica Bruder drove across the United States to learn more about the community of “workampers”, rootless migrant workers who never were able to recover from the 2008 recession. Now living in their vehicles such as RVs and campers, these workers travel from job to job, doing a variety of...

Alla Lebedeva, a farmer in Barnaul, Alta Krai, Russia on West Siberian Plain raises lots of different animals including horses and chickens, but the ones that stand out the most are her absolutely gorgeous, fluffy, long haired Siberian farm cats who happily chase out rodents and other pests from the barn when they’re not playing...

Just ahead of the 2017 Doctor Who Christmas Special “Twice Upon a Time” airing on December 25th, BBC America created a wonderful montage of fans from all over the world saying goodbye to the departing Peter Capaldi and his final appearance as the 12th iteration of the titular Doctor. Included in this montage, amongst many...

Sky Magic sent 300 drones up into the air earlier this week, during Qatar National Day celebrations at Katara Cultural Village, to put on a spectacular performance with the first live drone light show in Qatar. A post shared by Katara Cultural Village-????? (@kataraqatar) on Dec 19, 2017 at 4:30am PST The First Aerial Illuminated...

A post shared by Star Wars Bakery ?? (@starwars_bakery) on Dec 19, 2017 at 8:23am PST The folks at Star Wars Bakery have created a dangerously delicious looking Imperial Star Destroyer out of nothing but gingerbread and tasty icing. They put it up on display at the DICE office in Stockholm. A post shared by...

In an empowering episode of “The Unsung“, MassMutual collaborated with Great Big Story to share the story of a young boy named Phil Mick in Auburn, Indiana, who began getting sick and avoiding school due to the daily harassment he endured from other kids. His mom turned to the United Motorcycle Enthusiasts, a group of...

Dear Satan is a hilarious animated Christmas film, created by Anomaly London, about a young girl who accidentally writes a heartfelt letter to Satan, when she actually meant to send it to Santa. One little girl changes the way Christmas functions in Anomaly’s awesome film, narrated by the great Sir Patrick Stewart, with one hellacious...

Yesterday we posted a video about an adorable cockatiel named Lucky who does a pitch perfect impression of the default iPhone ringtone whenever he’s upset. When Lucky’s humans played the video for him, the little bird went over to the laptop to investigate. Lucky then promptly removed the escape key, seemingly in an effort to...

In a semi-animated piece for Vox, writer and director Dean Petersen takes a look the casting of babies in film and television roles, going through the legal complexities around working hours per different state laws, how much they get paid, how their earnings are protected, the ever-evolving realism of mechanical babies and the reasons why...

Alessandro Maggia of Starlight Video Productions has created a wonderful video that takes viewers on a “fantastic journey” through dance scenes edited together from beloved 1980s movies. A fantastic journey into the most fabulous decade of Cinema history: the 80s!!! From Indiana Jones to Terminator, from Star Wars to Flashdance, you can see here a...

In “From Dream to Reality“, filmmaker Max Joseph shared the out loud process of coming up with the original idea to cover road medians in art that would appear to become animated as people drove by, the challenges of unforseen hurdles and the creative collaborations that would change and evolve the idea over the course...

Matt Johnson of Living Light Shows and his family turned their San Antonio, Texas home into an incredible 2017 Star Wars themed Christmas light show set to Klayton Celldweller‘s dubstep EDM remix of composer John Williams‘ iconic “The Imperial March” theme song from Star Wars. We previously wrote about their 2015 and 2016 light shows....

A post shared by Adam Hillman ? (@witenry) on Nov 22, 2017 at 9:24am PST Artist Adam Hillman has created a wonderful collection of images that feature everyday household objects and foods arranged together to make all sorts of pleasing geometric shapes and patterns. Prints of his work are available to purchase from Society6. A...

Joshua Schaeffer of San Luis Obispo, California has created an adorable animated GIF image of a cute little blue octopus, he calls a “quadtopus”, that is endlessly swimming and twirling through the ocean. I think Im going to call him a quadtopus. Trying to experiment with adding depth and life to flat line drawings. via...

Chicago engineer Matt Mikka of Warped Perception captured super slow motion footage of alcohol burning in various whoosh bottles. Mikka took his experimentation to the next level by burning nitromethane in his “jet bottles.” The results were quite stunning. via The Awesomer An Estes Model Rocket Engine Igniting Underwater in Super Slow MotionSuper Slow Motion...

Disney released the first trailer for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, their upcoming live action fantasy film directed by Lasse Hallström based on E.T.A. Hoffmann‘s story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.” The trailer features Keira Knightly as the Sugar Plum Fairy and follows a young lady named Clara (Mackenzie Foy) who finds a...

AARP went inside the jolly classrooms of American Events and Promotions, where over 900 aspiring Santas were learning how to be a proper Santa Claus in terms of dress, grooming, posing and the ethics of working with children. The lead Santa stated that his favorite part of the transformation is when the men make the...

Technology entrepreneur Brian Behlendorf, one of the primary creators of the Apache Web server and co-founder of Organic, is currently the executive director of HyperLedger, an open source blockchain project that’s thinking beyond cryptocurrency. In a video for Big Think, Behlendorf explains how the decentralized nature of blockchain technology will lead to “significantly lower corruption...

In a cozy TED-Ed lesson by Maria R. D’Orsogna and animated by Matt Reynolds, narrator Julianna Zarzycki explains how a swarm forms, how the individuals within the swarm need to maintain the proper balance, how a swarm is self-governing boy and the many ways in which humans have learned from swarms. When many individual organisms...

Father Figures stars Owen Wilson and Ed Helms sat down with Wired to answer the web’s most searched questions about the themselves during an Autocomplete Interview. Father Figures will release in theaters on December 22nd, 2017. Why does Ed Helms always sing? Is Owen Wilson related to Ellen DeGeneres? Did Ed Helms really lose a...

Georgia Tech College of Design professor and founding director of the Center for Music Technology, Gil Weinberg, worked with fellow researchers to create a incredible bionic hand that was heavily inspired by Luke Skywalker‘s mechanical hand from Star Wars. The bio hand allows amputees to move individual fingers with the use of ultrasound signals. Musician...

Temecula, California woodworker and artist Kyle Toth of Wood by Toth created a tasty looking pepperoni pizza out of various types of wood. This pizza is made in bloodwood for the pepperoni, yellowheart for the cheese, and hickory for the crust. A post shared by Kyle Toth (@tothtoth) on Dec 4, 2017 at 4:06pm PST...

Darren Dyk of Beyond Slow Motion and a group of his friends built a huge fire tornado using box fans and captured slow motion footage of the fiery tornado swirling around in front of a beautiful Utah sunset. The Slow Mo Guys Build a Fire Tornado and Capture it in Spectacular 2,500fps Slow MotionSuper Slow...

A post shared by Lewis Miller Design (@lewismillerdesign) on Dec 1, 2017 at 4:38am PST Renowned New York City floral designer Lewis Miller of Lewis Miller Designs (LMD) has created a wonderful ephemeral trend he calls “The Flower Flash” in which beautiful floral designs, either new or “re-gifted” from a previous night’s party, appear on...

Hand Tool Rescue is a fascinating YouTube channel where a man demonstrates, without any narration at all, how he methodically restores vintage hand tools. He then puts the restored tools back in the hands of people who will actually use and appreciate them. A post shared by Hand Tool Rescue (@handtoolrescue) on Dec 12, 2017...

In a short, festive episode of their incredibly informative whiteboard series for Mental Floss, linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill explain the origins of typical words used around the holidays such as wreath, bough, sleigh, don, manger and wassail. Wassail comes from waes haeil meaning “be in good health. The waes part is an...

Toms Mucenieks, a very talented pianist, played a brilliant cover of the traditional Christmas carol “Jingle Bells” in a haunting minor key. Towards the middle, Mucenieks added a little Double Harmonic Minor, almost as if to make the song a bit less depressing. Long story short – I somehow got tired of the same Christmas...

Putting a modern twist on the ancient game, 3 Man Chess is a uniquely round chessboard that can accommodate three players at once in a single game, with only a slight change in rules and defensive positions. As stated in the description, “The complexities of the third player are infinite.” Play chess with 3 people...

The New York Times series “Daily 360” has captured incredible immersive 360 degree videos of some of the most beautiful places on Earth that are also considered, per a study and vote commissioned by the New 7 Wonders Foundation in 2007, to be the New Seven Wonders of the World. These highly visited Wonders include...

Domino artists Lily Hevesh (a.k.a. “Hevesh5“), Steve Price (a.k.a. “Sprice Machines“), and Hayden (a.k.a. “Dynamic Domino“) spent two days building an amazing rainbow spiral out of 12,000 dominoes. A post shared by Steve Price (@spricemachines) on Dec 15, 2017 at 6:53am PST A post shared by Steve Price (@spricemachines) on Dec 13, 2017 at 4:40pm...

A very determined, loving Labrador retriever father took his six devoted puppies out for a run around a nice big green field and over to the pond and repeated this process over and again in a patient effort to teach his offspring how to swim. On the first go round, only one or two of...

Bodega Studios, Northern Lights, Mr. Wonderful, and SuperExploder have created “Cocoa Strikes Back,” their 2017 stop motion animation for the holiday season that features a marshmallow version of Luke Skywalker taking on Darth Vader in a classic scene from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. We previously wrote about their annual holiday films from 2013,...

Whenever his humans begin putting on their shoes, a tiny cockatiel named Lucky automatically chirps out a perfect imitation of the default Apple iPhone ringtone to signal that he’s upset that they are leaving. While little Lucky is expressing his sadness in his own way, the performance itself is absolutely adorable. My friend’s family has...

The Euless Fire Department in Texas put on an incredibly festive light show with the use of their emergency warning lights that was set to Trans Siberian Orchestra‘s version of “Carol of The Bells.” via Digg An Intense Christmas Light Show Synchronized Across a Suburban BlockTricked-Out Cadillac Baby Stroller Has Fire Coming Out of the...

The Blitzen is a brilliant vehicle rooftop beverage cooler, created by the team at Deeplocal, that allows you to chill your drinks while you drive to your holiday parties. The liquor store only had warm Prosecco when a Deeplocal engineer went to pick up a bottle. With a short drive home and no time for...

In a very rare scene, Simon and Simon’s Cat were enjoying each other’s company by playing with a fishing rod toy that had a long string the cat enjoyed chasing. This went on for a while until Simon became distracted by his smartphone. No matter what the disappointed feline did to encourage more play time,...