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Stockholm graphic designer Viktor Hertz has created a series of square vinyl album cover prints that feature wonderful minimalistic pictogram illustrations of popular song titles. He is currently raising funds on Kicktarter to help with printing and shipping costs. Hertz also made a custom Spotify playlist filled with the songs that he chose for his...

Venezuela artist ChocoToy has created a series of illustrations that imagine the awesome kids of Stranger Things as adorable toy-like characters. They are all available to view on Behance and Instagram. A post shared by Ilustracion/bags/love (@chocotoycute) on Nov 2, 2017 at 12:36pm PDT A post shared by Ilustracion/bags/love (@chocotoycute) on Nov 7, 2017 at...

Tian and Teague of the DIM SUM CLUB have designed the SIXOVERONE a bottle opener, that can open up to six beverages at once. They are currently raising funds on Indiegogo to help with production costs. SIXOVERONE is the only bottle opener that can open up to six bottles at once. You can also open...

A post shared by ???? ???? (@mimles) on Oct 30, 2017 at 3:45am PDT Vancouver, Canada makeup artist Mimi Choi created amazing optical illusions that transform her hand into a hot dog and her face into a hamburger and an entire pizza. A post shared by ???? ???? (@mimles) on Nov 2, 2017 at 11:43pm...

While attending Dubai Air Show 2017, aviation blogger Sam Chui took an inside look at the world’s largest, most luxurious, and only privately owned Boeing 787 Dreamliner jumbo jet. Deer Jet’s remodeled “Dream Jet” features a gigantic main lounge area, dining spaces, a beautiful master bedroom with a 42-inch television, a dressing room, and a...

A watchful rhinoceros at a zoo in the Czech Republic kept a careful eye on a very friendly, sociable black cat rubbed up against her baby inside their enclosure. The concerned mum needn’t have worried as the little feline was just trying to make friends with the calf. The cat even gave her a little...

Mike Perduto posted an exciting video earlier this month where kids from Lil’ Racers Power Wheels lined up in their battery-powered vehicles and engaged in a fun-filled race down the Orlando Speed World Dragway. The cute Orlando, Florida race took place during The Stick Shift Mafia‘s Cash Days 17 event. via ViralHog Power Tool Drag...

Kansas City rapper Mac Lethal created an impressive video where he performed an insanely fast 400 word rap in one minute with a conure parrot, named Carrot, on his shoulder. Mac Lethal Does an Insanely Fast Tongue Twister Rap Featuring Every Letter of the AlphabetMac Lethal Throws Down an Insanely Fast Rap to Order a...

The Weather Channel set up in a perfect location to live stream the Georgia Dome, former home of the Atlanta Falcons, being imploded after 25 years of service. The cameraman thought that he had an ideal view of the implosion, but an Atlanta MARTA bus ruined their day by pulling up in front of the...

While sitting on the floor in front of television, the sweetly concerned English bulldog named Khaleesi, who tried to warn a girl she was not safe in the 2015 gothic romance film Crimson Peak, did her very best to save Leonardo DiCaprio from a bear attack in the film The Revenant. According to her human,...

The 2017 Christmas advert for Heathrow Airport tells the wonderfully heartwarming story of their adorable mascot teddy bear couple as they fall in love, start a family and grow old together, shown through touching vignettes of flights taken throughout the years. For over 70 years we’ve been reuniting families for Christmas. A lot’s changed in...

In a 1992 skit from The Ben Stiller Show, actor Bob Odenkirk of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul portrayed the now late Charles Manson as a Lassie-like companion to a young boy named Timmy. When Timmy was bitten by a snake when he reached under a rock, he sent Manson back to the house...

While attempting to deliver a unifying opening monologue for the HBO fundraising special Night of Too Many Stars, sorely missed comedian Jon Stewart found himself being interrupted by a buzzer wielded by former Daily Show alum Stephen Colbert, who had more than a few choice words for Stewart’s choice of words. As they quibbled, the...

Old Spice released a “Ye Olde Exploding Yule Log” that continuously explodes all over the place inside of a fireplace for one full hour. Terry Crews pops up in the flames every once in a while to stir things up. It’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the holidays and...

Cape May, New Jersey artist Christopher Genovese of FreakShop created an amazing collection of handmade museum quality busts that depict various pop culture icons like Walter White, Larry David, and Darth Vader. They are all available to purchase from his Etsy shop. images via FreakShop submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Remarkably Detailed Popsicles of Pop...

To celebrate the fast approaching release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi next month, video editor Tom Fisher created a wonderful recap of what has happened in the Star Wars saga so far by compiling notable scenes from the first seven films. The Coruscant Tapestry, A 30-Foot Cross-Stitch Canvas That Tells the Entire ‘Star Wars’...

Russian auto body mechanic Arthur Tussik demonstrates how he performed a full body repair to completely restore a totaled BMW 7 Series sedan, bringing it back to life. The crashed vehicle goes from looking like a complete disaster to as if it just rolled off of the lot. via Popular Mechanics, Geekologie Super Slow-Motion Video...

In an experiment to demonstrate that lizards are smarter than they seem, zoologist and reptile expert crocdoc trained a monitor lizard named Alex to wave at the entrance of the enclosure whenever he wanted to be let out, explaining each step taken to get Alex to his goal. One day I saw him doing a...

In another of their incredibly insightful and fascinating animations, the ever-philosophical design house Kurzgesagt explains the concept of emergence, the gathering of smaller things to work together to make a bigger thing with different properties than the individual parts. This can be used to describe water molecules, cells, fungi and atoms. It also accounts for...

Toronto, Ontario neurosurgeon Eric Massicott posted a brilliant collection of photos on Twitter that show what his amazing wife decided to do after their little son drew a picture of a house on a wall in their home. Instead of getting angry at the future artist, she turned his illustration into a clever framed work...

Aerial photographer Craig O’Brien captured footage of 217 incredible skydivers at Skydive Arizona setting a world record for a formation skydive. The brave group of individuals interlocked their hands and formed a snowflake shape pattern high above the city of Eloy, Arizona. All 217 jumpers exited the plane at an altitude of 19,000ft. and made...

A hopeful golden retriever did his very best to fit into a teeny tiny bed that seemingly belonged to his sneaky dachshund sibling who decided that the bigger bed would be a better fit. Rather than giving up the big bed, the little dog just looked on lazily while the bigger dog attempted the impossible....

Photographer Elsa Bleda has created an absolutely stunning photo series that captures the beauty of empty city streets at night backlit by the colorful glow of neon, reflected in the windows of the buildings bathing in the soft light. via This Isn’t Happiness, Colossal New York Neon, The Neon Signs of New York CityProject Neon,...

Slippery Stairs is a hilarious Japanese game show where a group of contestants struggle to climb up a set of stairs that are completely covered in a super slippery substance. Silly Pug Navigates Slippery Hardwood Stairs By Climbing the Steps in ReverseJapanese TV Game Show Featuring Live Action Pac-ManA Group of Determined Turtles Struggle to...

Disney released a gorgeous trailer for A Wrinkle in Time, the upcoming science fantasy adventure film directed by Ava DuVernay and based on the classic 1962 novel of the same name by Madeleine L’Engle. The trailer follows Meg Murry (Storm Reid), her little brother Charles Wallace Murray (Deric McCabe), and school friend Calvin O’Keefe (Levi...

Disney•Pixar released an official trailer for Incredibles 2, their upcoming animated superhero film directed by Brad Bird and a sequel to The Incredibles from 2004. The trailer follows Baby Jack-Jack as he shows off his wild collection of superpowers that he is having trouble controlling. Incredibles 2 is currently scheduled to release in theaters on...

BBC News travelled to Raleigh, North Carolina, the site of the very first Flat Earth International Conference and speak with the attendees in order to learn why they believe that the world is flat, despite scientific evidence stating otherwise. The Flat Earth International Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, attracted hundreds of attendees who believe the...

When a traveling mum called home via video chat app to check in her daughter, she also took a moment to say hello to her beloved chow chow who just laid upon the couch and mournfully moaned into the phone upon hearing her human’s loving voice. My chow chow was talking to my mom on...

A post shared by Brittany Wright (@wrightkitchen) on May 23, 2017 at 8:24am PDT Artist Brittany Wright creates absolutely gorgeous displays of various kinds of colorful foods, including fruits, vegetables, sweets and spices that are gradiently arranged by shade in the most visually pleasing of ways. Wright’s work has been featured in various magazines, ad...

SKM created a great new tutorial video where they show how to make an electronic puzzle box, built within a cardboard frame, that jumps when unlocked. Clever Cockatoo Very Methodically Solves a Puzzle Box Puzzle Box He Hadn’t Seen In a YearThe Xbox Puzzle, An Incredibly Elaborate X-Men Inspired Logic Puzzle Game in a Wooden...

Great Big Story partnered with ANA for a new episode of their Flavors series where they travel to Tokyo to talk with Namie Osawa about the inspiration behind her underground robot themed club, Robot Restaurant. The flashy restaurant features all sorts of radio-controlled animatronics, drums, music, dancers, and an incredible array of flashing lights and...

In a funny mashup by Funny or Die, oddball heroes from various Hollywood films are called upon by Batman (Ben Affleck) to replace his original team of Justice League superheroes, who are all too busy. The Dark Knight assembles Blankman (Damon Wayans), Barb Wire (Pamela Anderson), Howard the Duck (Chip Zien), and Steel (Shaquille O’Neal)...

Evolutionary and developmental biologist Nipam H. Patel of the Patel Lab at UC Berkeley created “Squid: Coming to Life” an absolutely amazing microscopic timelapse capturing the formation of embryos inside eggs from which tiny baby squids emerge. This amazing cephalopodic birth is absolutely fascinating to watch. These are a series of images and videos of...

A fascinatingly informative satellite simulation of the intense 2017 Atlantic hurricane season shows how meteorologists at the NASA Goddard Space Center employ the use of tiny aerosols such as evaporated sea salt, Saharan Desert dust and fire smoke to visualize how a storm is moving over the ocean and track where it will probably make...

While exploring the waters of San Benedicto Island during the Revillagigedo Archipelago Dive, a Nautilus Live ROV captured remarkable footage of shapeshifting deepstaria jelly as it undulated through the water before coming to a nebulous stop in a gorgeous shape of a flower. During these first ever ROV dives in Revillagigedo Archipelago, the Nautilus team...

Renowned musicologist Robert Levin performed a beautiful version of the third movement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‘s Sonata No. 17 in B flat major on the composer’s own fortepiano. Levin then explained how modern instruments don’t really capture the sound in the same way as the instrument upon which the piece was written. One writes for...

Badass Pilot is a new five-episode series from AARP. It follows Art Nalls, an incredibly successful 65-year-old retired pilot and lieutenant colonel with the United States Marine Corps, as he ventures to England to purchase himself his very own retired Harrier Jump Jet. He bought a WWII-era Soviet YAK-3 fighter and then a Czech L-39....

A funny little yellow parrot named Bella sat upon her human’s finger and took big bites of a banana. in between each yummy mouthful, Bella adorably wiggled her body. According to Bella’s human, sometimes the urge just comes over the little bird. My little yellow parrot gets super hyped sometimes and just has to happy...

There have been plenty of cats riding around on Roomba vacuums, but now we have a super cute little baby hanging onto a Roomba to take a ride around the kitchen. Cat Wearing a Shark Costume Entertains Baby Also Dressed as a Shark by Riding a Roomba Vacuum in the KitchenBaby Rides Around on Top...

A royal episode of the animated series Half as Interesting explains the intricate secret protocol that will be set in motion once Queen Elizabeth II passes away and the phrase “London Bridge is down” is communicated. From that point all notification processes and procedures will be dutifully followed in specific order. The media will follow...

Last night, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the company’s shocking new electric semi-truck and made a surprise announcement for the second-generation of their Roadster sports car, which Musk said will be “the fastest production car” made. The aerodynamic 80,000-pound (with trailer) semi is capable of a range of 500 miles and going from 0 to...

SHIFT, a group of Dutch behavioral science pranksters who seek to change human behavior by inserting subtle changes in the environment, took matters into their own hands to address a frustrating chaotic bicycle situation. The group simply used a roll of duct tape to create lines and arrows delineating turning lanes from those going straight...

In an animated TED-Ed lesson given by Scott Laderman and directed by Silvia Prietov, Laderman shares everything that he knows about the complicated history of surfing. Today, surfing is a multi-billion-dollar global industry, with tens of millions of enthusiasts worldwide. For some it’s a serious sport; for others, just a way to let loose. But...

Adam Savage of Tested visited the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens and took a glorious tour of The Jim Henson Exhibition. The exhibit showcased Jim Henson‘s amazing work from The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, Fraggle Rock, and The Dark Crystal. A post shared by Museum of the Moving Image (@movingimagenyc) on Jul...

On an episode of the First We Feast series, Hot Ones, Bob Saget chatted about life, shared Full House secrets, hiccuped uncontrollably, and ate progressively spicy wings while being interviewed by Sean Evans. Bob Saget became a household name as Danny Tanner on the classic sitcom Full House, as well as a legend of comedy...

Atlas, the incredible humanoid robot from Boston Dynamics has now been programmed to jump up onto boxes, spin and effortlessly perfom backflips off of boxes. What have you been up to lately, Atlas? Boston Dynamics’ Humanoid Robot Atlas Shows Off Its Balancing SkillsAtlas, A Six-Foot-Tall Humanoid Robot With Articulated Hands and Joints by Boston DynamicsSciShow...

In “DIY“, a very playful Simon’s Cat came across his human attempting to install a shelf onto the wall and in typical feline fashion, did everything he could to make it all about himself. Somehow, despite all the injuries, disruptions and distractions, Simon was able to get the shelf onto the wall to proudly display...

While visiting a restaurant in Japan, Mason Hale captured very funny footage of a waiter making it appear that a teddy bear was trying to deliver drinks to a table. Though he readied himself as best he could, the drinks proved too heavy and the ambitious teddy bear was crushed beneath the weight of the...

A post shared by ?Ralphie & BOSS? (@ralphie_the_newf_and_the_boss) on Nov 2, 2017 at 8:11am PDT A stubbornly sullen but gorgeous chocolate Newfoundland dog named Ralphie evidently had a bone to pick with his quizzical human and refused to even look at her until she gave him a great big, heartfelt apology for her wrongdoing. Once...

In a wonderful video from the Facts Channel, a redheaded 7 year old boy and a 64 year old man sat down across from one another to talk about the events of their lives in order to find out what lessons they could learn from each other being 57 years apart in age. The discussion...