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Paris, France makeup artist and cartoon designer Audrey Logeais has used her amazing set of skills to turn people into iconic villains from Disney films. She transforms individuals into Scar from The Lion King, Kylo Ren from Star Wars, Hades from Hercules, and Bellwether from Zootopia. Audrey’s work is available to view on Instagram and...

A very clever Japanese student named Tomo attached a bunch of squeaky rubber chicken heads to the back vent of a portable vacuum cleaner, which made a nice sound together. He then upped the volume by attaching another set to the hose with the suction pulling inward while the vent pulled air outward, producing an...

Los Angeles, California maker Allen Pan of Sufficiently Advanced released a Hackster.io tutorial on how to create a set of DIY arm mounted flamethrowers that activate when you throw a punch. Allen captured footage of kung fu master Oscar Perez putting his arm flamethrowers through their paces. A post shared by Allen Pan (@sufficientlyadvanced) on...

In celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary, the French robotics group La Machine engaged two of their most incredible mechanical machines – Kumo the Spider and Long Ma the fire-breathing dragon horse – in a spectacular battle entitled “The Spirit of the Dragon-Horse, With Stolen Wings” in front of the Ottawa Supreme Court building. This amazing...

In a geeky episode of Binging With Babish, host Andrew Rea demonstrated how to make Mushroom Risotto and Monster Cake from Nintendo‘s video game, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Zelda: Breath of the Wild may very well be the first open-world RPG developed for the Switch, released in 2017, not including DLC,...

Tested‘s Adam Savage met up with the amazing folks at Magic Wheelchair, a non-profit organization that creates epic costumes for disabled children in wheelchairs, while at Comic-Con 2017. During the convention, Magic Wheelchair volunteers revealed their six new Justice Leagues themed wheelchairs and gave them to a group of kids who each submitted a request...

Catio Spaces in the Seattle, Washington area, is a design service that creates unique, architecturally friendly, DIY and custom cat enclosures that keep kitty safe and employ the harmonizing principles of feng shui, making them visually appealing to both feline and human. The company was started by Cynthia Chomos, a designer who originally sought to...

Looper takes a look at some key movie roles in Hollywood that were destined to only be offered to one actor, because they were basically made for the part. They feature Robbie Coltrane‘s role as Rubeus Hagrid in Harry Potter, Ron Perlman as Hellboy in the movie of the same name, and Dave Bautista as...

The heroic engaged couple Koyne Watson and Tasha Hunt helped put a grass fire out in Kamloops, British Columbia by hitting it repeatedly with a massive spray of water from their 1987 Eliminator Scorpion jetboat. Heroic Dog Plunges Into Harbor Waters to Rescue a Tiny Baby Deer From DrowningJoey the Cat Loves To Drink Water,...

Hole-in-one – ??A new @Porsche – ??On your 400th European Tour start – ?? What a day it was for @SiemMarcel ? pic.twitter.com/w25BoBbFbV — The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) July 29, 2017 German golfer Marcel Siem won himself a brand new Porsche during the 17th hole of the Porsche European Open golf tournament in Hamburg for...

In the animated “Optimistic Nihilism“, The ever-philosophical Kurzesagt took a rather broad look at the stark, sobering facts of human existence within the enormity of the entire universe. After drawing a rather bleak picture, the essay switched course by reinforcing the crucial duty of the individual to take responsibility for their personal happiness. You only...

Charlene Powers Walsh created an adorable video back in June of her nine-month-old nephew Ryett Powers, who was dressed from head to toe as a cowboy, riding around on the back of a giant tortoise named Jorge. This miniature Blake SHELL-ton is keen to learn how to ride – by starting out life on his...

While walking along the beach at Cyrene Reef, Singapore in 2013, filmmaker Pei Yan Heng noticed that a tiny octopus had accidentally gotten beached during low tide and was in danger of dehydration. So as not cause any harm, Pei filled a plastic cup with water and returned the little cephalopod to the sea to...

Video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter explains how the use of limited cuts and single shots allow the audience to fully experience the scene, the personality of the character and the anticipation of wanting more. Puschak used the sublime 2007 P.T. Anderson film There Will Be Blood as an example. Already...

A very silly little Boston terrier named Riley did an amazing impression of a shark by propelling her body around the living room rug, leading with her chest first, her front paws at her side and her back paws doing all the work. A post shared by ?Riley? (@riley_thebostonterrier) on Jul 25, 2017 at 3:50pm...

In an articulate episode of the wonderful feline series “Simon’s Cat Logic” entitled Talk to Me“, illustrator Simon Toland and animal behaviorist Nicky Trevorrow explain how and why domestic cats meow, particularly since meowing doesn’t come naturally to cats out in the wild. Instead, they reserve their unique forms of verbal communication for their often...

In the fourth season of the wonderful, socially relevant Amazon series Transparent, the oddly lovable Pfefferman family heads to Israel in search of a spiritual and historical awakening that allows them to escape their overwhelming lives and find themselves. The season premieres on September 22, 2017. Maura heads to Israel to speak at a conference...

In a timely episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains the mysterious history of the specifically American format of plotting the date leading with month then the date ((MM/DD/YYYY) rather than the more established format of leading with the date itself (DD/MM/YYYY). …no one seems to know why Americans first started putting...

In a stunning episode of the BBC Earth series The Hunt, narrator Sir David Attenborough explains the remarkable and calculated strategy employed by dolphins, sea lions, sharks and whales to disrupt and then feed upon giant shoals of sardines that swirl around around them as a single seemingly impenetrable body. A sizeable shoal of Sardines...

Vlogger UnBoxing Jon shared with his audience the very clever Apple Easter egg that signals Siri to recite the lyrics of the iconic Queen operatic ballad “Bohemian Rhapsody” by just speaking the words “I see a little silhouetto of a man…” into any Apple device. Jon also tested out a different phrase from the song...

A sweet little orange tabby kitten who was given the name Sunshine, arrived at the Vet Ranch in absolutely terrible shape. As a feral kitten, Sunshine had been attacked by a larger cat who left a deep bite mark on the back of his spine that had gotten infected and left his back legs paralyzed....

A post shared by Tom Bob (@tombobnyc) on Jul 24, 2017 at 6:30am PDT Street artist “Tom Bob” has been busy bringing streets throughout New York City to life with his clever art installations. Tom has done an amazing job of turning regular objects, like manhole covers and gas meters, into interactive works of street...

A fascinating video shows water trapped in a double glazed bus window that sloshes around in mesmerizing ways. As the bus stops and accelerates, the water moves back and forth to create all sorts of wave formations. Mesmerizing Video of Water Moving Inside a Double Glazed Bus WindowThrowing Rocks At The Google Bus, A New...

The DIY Star Wars AT-AT cable organizer and business card case by Geek Supply is a wooden multi-tasking box designed to help you organize your cables and store important business cards. It is available to purchase from the Laughing Squid store for $32.99 (17% off retail price). This imperial multi-tasking box is constructed like the...

Primitive Technology demonstrates how to make a pair of sandals out of loya cane. Fans of Primitive Technology can help support his future work on Patreon. Walking bare footed in the bush generally doesn’t cause problems for my feet. But when repetitively carrying loads of various materials the soles of the feet become cracked and...

In her latest tutorial video, the amazing Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies Are Awesome demonstrates how to make a gorgeous palace “piescraper” inspired by Disney‘s Aladdin. A post shared by Pies Are Awesome (@thepieous) on Jul 17, 2017 at 4:42pm PDT A post shared by Pies Are Awesome (@thepieous) on Jul 17, 2017 at 9:15pm...

On an amusing episode of Humankind by USA Today, chief municipal judge Judge Frank Caprio of Providence, Rhode Island brought a defendant’s five-year-old son up to the bench to help choose his father’s punishment for a parking violation. The little boy was going to fine his Dad $30 for parking on a street up on...

While everyone was sleeping a drowsy cat lazily reached out a paw and knocked a framed picture from the dining room table while lolling around on the dining room table. The sound of glass hitting the floor set off the sound-activated home alarm. The sound sent at least two other cats and their human, YouTuber...

HBO released a fascinating video where the Game of Thrones cast and crew gave us a behind the scenes look on how they filmed the brutal “Silence” ship battle in episode two of season seven. A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How the ‘Game of Thrones’ Massacre at Hardhome Was ShotA Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Stars of...

Finnish couple Lauri and Anni Vuohensilta of the Hydraulic Press Channel have created a new video where they crush 1,500 sheet of paper with their 144 ton hydraulic press. It ends with an awesome explosion that sends one of their cameras flying. A post shared by Hydraulic Press Channel (@hydraulicpresschannel) on Jul 27, 2017 at...

Competitive eater Matt “Megatoad” Stonie took on and crumbled a new challenge into scrumptious little pieces when he ate 203 (13lbs) Chips Ahoy! Chocolate Chip Cookies in approximately 27 minutes. A post shared by Matt Stonie (@matt_stonie) on Jul 25, 2017 at 2:38pm PDT Competitive Eater Matt Stonie Sets New World Record by Eating 113...

A post shared by Dan Cretu (@dan_cretu) on Jun 8, 2017 at 7:43am PDT Artist Dan Cretu has created a really amusing series in which he reimagines the highly recognizable subjects of iconic works of art in modern situations such as Mona Lisa at a concert, Vincent Van Gogh interviewing Mona Lisa on television, and...

Dead Friends is a cute animated short film, created by Toronto 2D and 3D animator Changsik Lee, about a loyal dog who sticks around with his master even after the old man turns into an undead zombie. Decades after a mysterious incurable zombie virus spreads throughout the world mankind is in danger of going extinct....

TBS released a trailer for Close Enough, their upcoming animated television series created by Regular Show creator J. G. Quintel. 13 episodes of Close Enough are currently set to air in late 2017 or early 2018. Close Enough is a surreal take on transitioning from 20-something to 30-something. The show centers on a married couple...

Paramount Pictures released the official trailer for Suburbicon, an upcoming crime comedy film directed by George Clooney and written by the Coen brothers. The film, set in 1959, follows father and husband Gardner Lodge (Matt Damon) who turns to violence against the mob after they take his wife and come after the rest of his...

In an interesting episode of Pingsider by the International Table Tennis Federation, they visit ball production company Double Happiness (DHS) and learn how table tennis balls are made. via The Awesomer A Surprisingly Beautiful Film That Shows the Intricate Process Used to Make Wilson Tennis BallsiPong, a Table Tennis Practice BuddyAn Interactive Table Tennis Trainer...

A hyper little hamster who was happily running on an exercise wheel, lost his footing when another hamster jumped on to the wheel and accidentally got knocked him onto the wire frame of the wheel. The little rodent hung in there by his shoulders for a few moments, but got right back on as soon...

Vox video producer Joss Fong very cleverly took the wild, opening car chase scene from the sleeper hit Baby Driver and juxtaposed it against a Google Maps version of circuitous route Baby took through the streets of Atlanta while successfully fleeing the police. While the same thing couldn’t happen in real life due to the...

Dhanshri Barde released footage of a remote control SUV riding around inside of a wall of death that was made out of an inexpensive plastic tub. via The Awesomer A Self-Destructive Roomba Caught in a Plastic Bag Throws Itself Off the Stairs To an Untimely DeathINFRA, An Infrared TV Made of Old Remote ControlsBANG!, Lamp...

Members of The Dudesons squad took on a tough parkour challenge where they jump and fly through impossible cut out shapes into a foam pit. via Neatorama Strobe, A Stunning Video of a Man Performing Parkour at Night in a Flashing LED SuitBeverage Promotional Video Shows Two Schoolgirls Doing Impossible Stunts & Leaping Off Rooftops...

On the latest episode of Tinder Takeover by Vanity Fair, The Emoji Movie star T.J. Miller took over the Tinder account of a Vanity Fair staffer named Laura. He wreaked all sorts of havoc as he left insane messages for potential matches and then went back forth with Laura’s father as he tried to get...

LEGO Ideas member KingsKnight has built a 1:110 scale LEGO model of a NASA Space Shuttle. It is the same scale as Felix Stiessen‘s LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V Rocket that was released in stores this past June. You can help KingsKnight’s idea become an an official LEGO product by being one of the 10,000...

Tested‘s Adam Savage comedian John Hodgman teamed up and went incognito at Comic-Con 2017 dressed up as everyone’s favorite Wookiee from Star Wars, Chewbacca. Say hello to Twobacca! Adam is joined by John Hodgman at Comic-Con as they both walk the floor as our favorite wookiee! It’s also John’s very first time cosplaying, and he...

Engineer Chip Sineni of Trixi Studios in Chicago, Illinois has created an amazing Augmented Reality app using Apple’s ARKit developer tool that recreates the look and feel of the seemingly pencil-animated music video that was featured in the iconic video for the A-Ha song “Take On Me“. Sineni demonstrated how the app works with his...

Kevin Kohler (a.k.a. “The Backyard Scientist“) built a heavy duty squirt gun that shoots out a hot stream of molten metal. Mesmerizing Slow Motion Video of 1,200° Molten Copper Being PouredIgnite NYC + NYC Soldering ChampionshipSquirt Gun Umbrella

Warner Bros. has released the official trailer for IT, a new adaptation of Stephen King‘s classic horror novel of the same name that is being directed by Andy Muschietti. The creepy new trailer features Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) the child eating clown terrorizing a group of kids in the town of Derry, Maine. IT is set...

A post shared by badddiiie ???? (@baddiewinkle) on Feb 10, 2017 at 8:19pm PST A wonderfully vivacious 89 year old woman in Waco, Kentucky who goes by the name Baddiewinkle and per her bio, she’s been “stealing your man since 1928”. Known for her penchant for bright colors, form fitting clothes and getting her picture...

The lovable characters from Sesame Street all took their place on stage to perform a delightful musical mashup of hit songs from the 1980s. Grover rocks out with his own lyrics to “Footloose” by Kenny Loggins, Two-Headed Monster sings Cyndi Lauper‘s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” and Cookie Monster throws down to “Take On...

A crane operator working atop the Lahkta Center skyscraper in St. Petersburg, Russia was happily surprised when a rainbow appeared after a rain shower. What he didn’t expect, however, was the very rare incredible circular nature of this rainbow from. Luckily, he was able to capture gorgeous footage of this natural phenomenon from his cab...

Extinguished is a heartwarming short film, created by Ringling College of Art & Design students Ashley Anderson and Jacob Mann, about a man who risks it all for love. Each character in the film features a flame in their chest that acts as a physical representation of love. Those without love in their life only...