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Holt’s Nut Wizard manager, Kyle Holt, posted a great video featuring a multi-headed version of their ingenious nut harvesting tool quickly cleaning up a large pile of pecans from a yard. The behemoth device comes equipped with ten wire baskets mounted on a steel frame to pick nuts up off the ground and release into...

James Xuereb, a man in Guelph, Ontario was overcome and absolutely moved to tears when his daughter Jaleeen brought home a little Bichon Frisé puppy named Lumo for his birthday. Xuereb had been in mourning for his dogs Lucy and Nemo, who died within weeks of each other due to illness, leaving the man bereft....

A post shared by Aditya Aryanto ?? (@ditpict) on Jun 12, 2017 at 3:58am PDT Indonesian artist Aditya Aryanto (a.k.a. “ditpict“), who created the fascinating “Minecraft in real life” project, is back with a new Aniball (Animal Ball) series where they transformed the shape of various animals into balls. Animals are a part of our...

During a TED Talk event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Taiwanese choreographer and engineer Huang Yi performed an absolutely gorgeous pas de deux with an emotionally responsive, intricately reticulating single arm robot affectionately named KUKA. For this performance, KUKA was programmed to move not only in harmony with both the graceful movements of the dance but...

Hashem AL-ghaili captured footage in Venice, Italy of a talented street performer playing a magical cover of the Harry Potter theme song on a glass harp. Here is the original song. via reddit A Magical Cover of the Main ‘Harry Potter’ Theme Song Performed by The Harp TwinsA Magical Cover of the Harry Potter Theme...

Milo, the teeny-tiny mischievous munchkin kitten who played an inadvertent game of “the floor is lava“, starred in an absolutely adorable video that showcased his silly antics from when the age of five to twenty weeks. Over that period of time Milo learned to persist in his task, walked on a leash, learned to stand,...

During a concert performance by The Florida Orchestra at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg last month, principal percussionist John Shaw came out on stage to help recreate GEICO‘s ridiculous triangle solo commercial. It was an amusing way to promote subscritions to the orchestra’s concert series. Triangle solo? Surprising. Not surprising? Principal Percussionist John Shaw...

Reigarw Comparisons created a video comparing the scale, power, and size of several infamous volcanoes over the years. We previously wrote about their comparison of hurricanes sizes. From VEI index 1 to 8, we compare the power of eruptions of volcanoes from Stromboli (VEI 1) to Eyjafjallajökull (VEI 4) to Krakatoa (VEI 6) and even...

A post shared by ?? ?? – Kohei Ohmori (@kohei6620) on Oct 7, 2017 at 7:18am PDT Japanese artist Kohei Ohmori creates absolutely stunning black and white pencil drawings that are amazingly hyperrealistic in their execution. By paying significant attention to even the smallest of details, Ohmori is able to capture the shine of chrome,...

With his 10th birthday coming up in a few months very festive`Simon’s Cat created a handy guide through a series of vignettes to show how to celebrate the event in style. His suggestions include treating yourself, enjoying presents, playing party games and documenting the event. Have you seen our latest film? https://t.co/eRtUn8Oivt A handy guide...

Ben Sansum is a 35 year old man who has fashioned his entire life around the styles, technology and music of 1946. While Sansum has to put on a modern face for his job with British Airways, he always comes back to his home in Cambridgeshire, England and into the era he loves so much....

In the past we’ve posted about musicians who have serenaded shy but appreciative cows who leaned in close to enjoy the music. Unfortunately, Danny Sapko, an extremely talented bass player, didn’t have that same experience. In fact, his impressive slap bass solo just sent the cattle running away in the other direction. Typical audience reaction...

Grazia Pompeo and Fulvio Pucciarelli of Tanello Production have created “Mirror“, a short, colorful film that juxtaposes items that are very similar in shape, but are otherwise completely unrelated to one another. As often it happens in nature all is apparently different but essentially the basic shapes are repeated with infinite declinations. The format, puts...

A post shared by Yehuda Devir official (@jude_devir) on Dec 30, 2016 at 3:36am PST One of Those Days is an amusing series of comics, created by artist Yehuda Devir, that are based on everyday moments of life with his wife Maya. Devir’s comics are available to view on Instagram and Flickr. Prints are available...

In June 2016, Andrew Sandness underwent a 50 hour surgery at the Mayo Clinic in order to restore the lower half of his face after a self-inflicted gun wound left him facially disfigured and self-conscious. The surgeons transplanted the face of a donor, the late Calen “Rudy” Ross who very generously left instructions to donate...

While soaring 2,000 feet up in the blue sky, paramotorist Tucker Gott dropped a paper airplane and then managed to catch it later on before it hit the ground. via Digg 43,000 Feet, A Short Film About a Man’s Final Thoughts After Being Sucked Out of an AirplaneAn Elaborate LEGO Machine That Folds and Launches...

Two years ago, pastor Kyle Gilbert built an awesome custom Millennium Falcon playhouse for his kids. Gilbert refined the build since then and released a great new tutorial on how to build a much improved Star Wars playhouse for children to take over the galaxy in. Unlike my previous build where I used pvc board...

Vox video editor Christophe Haubursin in partnership with 99% Invisible, took a look at the concept of biomimicry – an unique approach to sustainable design that uses insight from nature – as first recognized by Janine Benyus of the Biomimicry Institute. One such example of biomimicry that Haubursin gave was the case of the Japanese...

Phil Jones, a talented artist in Minneapolis, found himself passing by a bicycle rack that resembled the interior springs that push the product forward in a vending machine and came up with a clever idea to paint a giant, very detailed bag of potato chips. He put his “bag of chips” in between two of...

BlueHands created a surprise cardboard box, featuring a cute face, that blasts open when money is put into its mouth. After exploding, the sprawled out cardboard pieces show off the boxes innards. Anatomy Box, Paper Art Children’s Book Guides Reader Through Human AnatomyParents Recreate Famous Movie Scenes with Their Cute Baby Boy & Household ObjectsThe...

A post shared by Dog Parker (@dogparker) on Jan 14, 2017 at 2:34pm PST Dog Parker is a membership-based network of safe, sanitized, temperature-controlled enclosed structures located in Brooklyn, New York that give dogs a comfortable place to relax while their humans go out shopping or for a bite to eat, a modern alternative to...

In the 2017 version of their wonderfully creative annual holiday adverts for British department store John Lewis, a little boy named Joe noticed one night that there was a snoring monster named Moz sleeping under his bed. At first the little boy was frightened, but the two quickly became friends and dedicated the all time...

To celebrate the second season of Stranger Things being released on Netflix, Seattle artist and humorist Iain Heath (a.k.a. “Ochre Jelly“) used LEGO to recreate a memorable scene from season one where Barb sits at the pool outside of Steve‘s house. The pool was created using rare transparent baseplates layered in transparent blue pieces, then...

On the latest episode of Ride with Norman Reedus, comedian Dave Chappelle and Reedus talked history and went oystering on the coast of South Carolina. Norman Reedus Tells Jimmy Fallon About Accidentally Becoming a Model Before Killing Zombies on ‘The Walking Dead’The Walking Dead Star Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon) Reads Romantic Text Messages on ‘The...

During an October 2016 family trip to Yosemite National Park, a mother attempted to take a cute photo of her husband and their daughter on a bridge. As the father kneeled down next to his little girl, she began to fall backward over the bridge. Thankfully for the dad’s amazing reflexes, he caught her with...

A post shared by Star Wars (@starwars) on Nov 9, 2017 at 1:58pm PST Disney and Lucasfilm have announced that Star Wars: The Last Jedi writer and director Rian Johnson will be creating an all new trilogy of Star Wars films. Johnson’s trilogy, which will be produced by Ram Bergman, will introduce new characters, a...

A post shared by sol kesseler (@bugambilo) on Nov 3, 2016 at 8:30am PDT Argentinian textile artist Sol Kessler creates really beautiful embroidered pieces that originate with her own hand drawn illustrations. The image is then outlined in black thread, before Kessler adds color, texture and shade with a variety of threads and yarns. The...

Sony Pictures Imageworks released three videos where they go behind the scenes of their powerful visual effects work in Spider-Man: Homecoming. They explain how they animated Spider-Man (Tom Holland), the Vulture (Michael Keaton), and brought the epic plane battle sequence to life. A Super Weird Re-Edit of the First Spider-Man: Homecoming TrailerPeter Parker Accidentally Reveals...

A post shared by ebenism (@ebenism) on Mar 17, 2017 at 2:37pm PDT Australian digital artist Eben (a.k.a. “ebenism“) used his digital manipulation skills to create a wonderful collection of photos that imagine a beautiful world where giant animals coexist with tiny humans. Prints of Eben’s images are available to purchase from his online store....

In a fascinating physiological Ted Ed Lesson animated by Vivian Leezer and narrated by Pen-Pen Chen, educator Emma Bryce explains the amazing muscular mechanics behind every movement made by the human body, noting that even the smallest twitch requires the coordination of number of muscles. Each time you take a step, 200 muscles work in...

Weta Workshop posted a video featuring a stunning behind the scenes look at how their incredible team built all of the massive miniatures for director Denis Villeneuve‘s neo-noir sci-fi film, Blade Runner 2049. Weta Workshop was honoured to contribute practical miniatures, selected cinematography, and concept design work to Blade Runner 2049, directed by Denis Villeneuve....

London animator Ross Plaskow released the pilot for Meat Mysteries, an animated series about a detective made of meat who haphazardly solves crimes alongside his sidekick named Rookie. Back in 2013 Plaskow made a wonderful animated version of the Laughing Squid logo. via reddit The Banana & Poop Show, A Quirky Cartoon by Ross PlaskowAnimated...

Domino artist Lily Hevesh (a.k.a. “Hevesh5“), with help from Sprice Machines and Dynamic Domino, created a hypnotizing domino run using her technique called “soniverse.” Her amazing setup, which combines both “sonimod” and “reverminos” techniques, made it appear as if 7,500 dominoes were toppling over forward and backwards all at once. A post shared by Lily...

Concerned about the proliferation of manipulated data and propaganda found on twitter, Ash Bhat and Rohan Phadte, a pair of 20 year old UC Berkeley students decided to put their computer science skills to use and created a Google Chrome extension called Botcheck.me. The app interacts with Twitter, giving users a clear option to identify...

Richard Browning, British inventor and founder of Gravity Industries, set a brand new Guinness World Record for the fastest speed flown in a body controlled jet engine powered suit, reaching 32.02 MPH. A post shared by Guinness World Records (@guinnessworldrecords) on Nov 9, 2017 at 3:03am PST A post shared by Gravity (@takeongravity) on Jul...

A post shared by Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) on Nov 9, 2017 at 5:00am PST In July 2017, we wrote about the grand BBC announcement revealing that actress Jodie Whittaker would be portraying the 13th iteration of Doctor Who and succeeding the great Peter Capaldi. Today, the BBC revealed the look of the new Doctor....

On an episode of The Late Late Show, the cast of Thor: Ragnarok (Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hiddleston, Tessa Thompson, Mark Ruffalo, and Jeff Goldblum) and host James Corden crashed a theater in Los Angeles to act out a live 4D performance of the new Marvel superhero film for a surprised audience. A Gritty...

Lincoln, California inventor Les Cookson and artist Ken Higginson are working together to create The Animation Dome, a spectacular zeotrope that will be able to create 2D and 3D animations from drawings, claymations, and toys. They are raising funds on Kickstarter to help with production costs. The Animation Dome is a creative new toy that...

A post shared by Beat Mumenthaler (@beatmumenthaler) on May 9, 2017 at 7:08am PDT Swiss photographer Beat Mumenthaler in partnership with the Gamaraal Foundation, has created an absolutely haunting photo series entitled “The Last Swiss Holocaust Survivors“, which captures the quiet dignity of those who survived the Holocaust and made Switzerland their home. The images...

Nickelodeon associate writer and producer Kevin Carroll spent a few weeks creating a SpongeBob SquarePants rap song for the You Bring the Color event where the greedy Mr. Krabs sings about wanting some of that “Green Stuff.” For the past couple of months, you’ve been busy BRINGING the color. Now we’re showing off your work...

Fred & Friends have created a baby pacifier featuring an analog volume knob on the front that goes to 11. The wonderful This Is Spinal Tap themed pacifier is available to purchase from the Fred & Friends shop. Fred’s CHILL, BABY volume pacifier is designed to provide the comfort babies crave while providing parents with...

Portland, Oregon stop-motion animator Kevin Parry of LAIKA (The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings) created an amusing video that features him performing miniature action sports with his hand. Parry filmed his stunts with a Nikon KeyMission 170 camera. Incredible Optical Illusions Performed by Kevin ParryAnimator Demonstrates 100 Different Types of Walks While on a...

With the short timelapse montage “Zenith: Chasing Light in the Icelandic Highlands“, independent filmmaker Henry Jun Wah Lee of Evosia Studios has once again captured the gorgeous landscape of the Icelandic Highlands as illuminated by the midnight sun. Lee stated that he endlessly chased the light so that he could capture the most vivid images....

A post shared by Handicat that walk'n'rolls ? (@rexiecat) on Oct 10, 2017 at 2:43am PDT An extremely photogenic cat named Rexie has a unique ability to roll his tongue and will often do so while modeling handmade kitty apparel for his human’s camera. Rexie was born without the use of his back legs, but...

Filmmaker Julian Tryba has created “NYC Skyline“, a gorgeous timelapse montage capturing the iconic Manhattan skyline from different vantage points around the city. This project took Tryba almost three years to complete, but by partnering with 929Media on commercial shoots, he was able to gain access to some of the most exclusive real estate in...

An adorable seafaring French bulldog named Bosun hilariously jumped at the sight of his own reflection in a mirror that reached down to the floor. Bosun was just going about his own business walking down the hall, when suddenly another dog appeared from nowhere. As soon as the little Frenchie realized the other dog was...

In November 2016, comedian Dana Carvey appeared as a guest on The Howard Stern Show to promote his Netflix special Straight White Male, 60. During the interview, Carvey did several impressions including a rather humorous one in which Paul McCartney explained about life in 2016 to a ghostly John Lennon. Dana Carvey’s interview …was jam-packed...

Cartoonist Brian Fies shared the heartbreaking story of completely losing his Santa Rosa, California home and everything in it to the October 2017 Tubbs fire. Fies and his wife Karen awoke in the middle of the night to the smell of smoke. Acting quickly and calmly, the Fies’ packed those items most important to them...

Animator Tim Searfoss created “The Working Man,” an animated short about a miserable man stuck in a very bad job with untrustworthy machinery and angry bosses. Got so fed up with work and dealing with my boss, I spent a year and half making this hand drawn animation to show what it’s like to be...

The cast of BoJack Horseman sings A Tribe Called Quest‘s song “Find A Way” in an amusing mashup by Adam Schleichkorn (a.k.a. “Mylo the Cat“). Here is the original music video. The Sesame Street Cast Reenacts the Beastie Boys Song ‘Sabotage’ in a Mashup by Mylo the CatBert, Ernie, and the Cast of Sesame Street...