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While traveling on a small road outside of the Kokadjo Camps near Greenville, Maine, driver Sarah Verney encountered the rather rare sight of two angry lynx facing off. Verney came to a stop, opened the car door and heard the two big cats loudly arguing with one another until one walked away, although still protesting...

In August 2016, Lithuanian world traveler Jacob Laukaitis went on a seven day guided trip to North Korea, where he found that he didn’t have free reign over his movements within the very restricted country nor did he have any idea whether the sights he was seeing were staged. One year later in 2017, Laukaitis...

In 2016, a wonderfully playful umbrella cockatoo named Layla enjoyed an absolutely adorable game of peek-a-boo with Dawn Graham, Layla’s rescuer and beloved human. This is my rescue girl Layla. She is such an amazing companion. Earlier in 2015, Graham posted a heartfelt video that shared Layla’s story. This is my 12 yr old umbrella...

Tested editor Norman Chan and fabrication specialist Sean Charlesworth worked together to make a large laser-cut dymaxion globe. They followed an amazing Make: tutorial, complete with project files, created by robotics engineer Gavin Smith. After making our own small scale 20-sided globe, we tweak the files to scale up the build on our Universal Laser...

New Mexican artist Collin Lynch of Essarai Ceramics creates truly unique ceramic coffee mugs, tea sets, vases and trays that are colorfully adorned with sculpted aura crystal points.

Last year, Rebecca Beach of Pins and Things posted a magical tutorial video where she shared her step by step process for making the scary creature, known as a Dementor, from the Harry Potter films and books. It functions well as a Wraith Halloween decoration as well! We are using our Dementor as part of...

Men’s Health traveled to Iceland back in April to visit with Strongman competitor and Game of Thrones actor Hafthor “Thor” Bjornsson (The Mountain). They spent 24 hours exploring the home life of the incredible six-foot-nine man and how he eats, trains, and relaxes while training for the next Arnold Strongman Classic. The hardest thing about...

CBC Arts has released a fascinating video that follows the design process of 12-year-old artist Callum Donovan Grujicich. The talented young artist creates a creepy, yet amazing collection of figurative sculptures from materials that he found during a foraging trip with his brother. Callum has shared more of his sculptures on Instagram and his portfolio...

Dust Buddies is an adorable animated short film, created by Ringling College of Art & Design students Beth Tomashek and Sam Wade earlier this year, about the solid friendship between two dust bunnies as they try to escape the clutches of a ruthless cleaning maid. A story about the friendship between two dust bunnies, Fuzz...

Artist Leonardo Pereznieto of Fine Art-Tips created a tutorial video where he shares three techniques to draw a perfect circle freehand. A Simple Technique for Drawing Perfect Freehand CirclesPianoArc, A Circular 294-Key Electronic Keyboard Developed by Lady Gaga’s Keyboard PlayerSandscript, A Device That Uses Magnets to Let You Control Steel Balls and Draw Patterns in...

Ben Cusick (a.k.a. “NightHawkInLight“) demonstrates how to build a camp stove out of a recycled soup can. The stove in this video is an excellent little wood stove that burns fuel cleanly, and unlike DIY alcohol stoves can burn for long periods of time without needing to be extinguished to refuel. I also prefer wood...

Netflix released a trailer for Jerry Before Seinfeld, their upcoming special where Jerry Seinfeld takes the stage and explores the roots of his epic comedy career. Jerry Before Seinfeld will become available to stream September 19th, 2017 on Netflix. Jerry Seinfeld takes you back to before you called him a king, or a legend, or...

Netflix released an awesome refresher course for season one of the Duffer Brothers‘ hit television series, Stranger Things, in the form of a nostalgic 1980s video game. The Netflix Original Series Stranger Things Imagined as a 1980s Computer GameInteresting Analysis of Stranger Things Season OneA Handy Recap of Game of Thrones Seasons One Through Six...

Warner Bros. has released a prequel short, titled “2036: Nexus Dawn,” that connects events between the original 1982 Blade Runner film and the upcoming movie, Blade Runner 2049.

In 1968, just before the iconic “Cream Farewell Concert” at Royal Albert Hall, a 23 year old Eric Clapton explained the different functions of his electric guitar, how he achieved the sounds he wanted through different pickups and then gave a fantastic demonstration of his truly unique playing style. Farewell Concert is the live recording...

In the 1958 Disney documentary Four Artists Paint 1 Tree, four illustrators, who are shown to work very well together on a single project, let their distinct personalities shine during an outing on their day off. The artists focused on a single tree. Each man explained his own interpretation of that same tree as he...

“Unwind, Pictures In The Sky” by KQED, is a fascinating interview with artist Goyo Kazuka, an expert in the traditional Japanese art of hand painted Hamamatsu kites. Kazuka, who was born in Hamamatsu, Japan, explains the history, structure and artistry of the kites. He also expresses his joy in keeping this tradition alive through festivals...

Melanie Barboni, an assistant researcher in the UCLA Earth, Planetary and Space Science program, has created a remarkable community of over 200 hummingbirds who mostly live outside her office and come in to complain if dinner is late or if they want attention. Known around campus as the “Hummingbird Whisperer“, Barboni has bonded with these...

Two lion cubs who had been abandoned by their mother spent the first year of their lives with Klaudia Kollár,, the co-founder of Malkia Park in Slovakia who wanted to establish a safe place for the two cubs while Michaela Zimanova acted as the cubs beloved godmother, caring for them as infants. Since that time,...

While vacationing in Bali, Indonesia, a pair of diving friends caught absolutely remarkable footage of a beautiful and rare mimic octopus as it changed appearance several times while moving through the water. While diving with with my friend, we found this amazing octopus. This octopus can change its appearance, so I thought it would be...

YouTuber Chodmunch has created a great compilation video featuring some of the best bad acting moments in movie history. They show off hilarious scenes from the 2009 film Bitch Slap, The Room (2003), and Karate Girl (1974). Animals Acting Like Sharks Week, A Funny Video by Revision3The Final Moments of Karl Brant, Sci-Fi Short Film...

Producer Felipe Haurelhuk and editor Fabrício Carvalho teamed up with Darth Blender to create a retro version of the Justice League trailer released at San Diego Comic-Con 2017. They use clips from movies and TV shows featuring Michael Keaton (Batman) as Batman, John Wesley Shipp (The Flash) as Flash, Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess) as...

“Little Gordon” is a hilarious online series by Hospitality Jobs from 2008 that imagines Gordon Ramsay as a tyrannical, foul-mouthed and critical young boy.

Apocalypse Now Now, directed by Michael Matthews and written by Sean Drummond, is a seven-minute sci-fi fantasy proof of concept short film based on Charlie Human’s fantasy novel of the same name. It follows sociopathic 16-year-old teenager Baxter Zevchenko who finds himself in an underworld filled with supernatural monsters and myth. Baxter teams up with...

Artist Jack Storm creates absolutely gorgeous cold glass sculptures that are cut on a unique lathe, polished and recut so that the surface refracts the light in such a way it looks like rainbows are embedded within. Storm explainshow he got into the art of cold glass sculpting, the patience required during the process of...

Musician Tyler Larson of Music is Win plays Metallica‘s heavy metal song “Enter Sandman” on his guitar in various music genres. Here is the original song. Bluegrass Cover of Metallica’s Heavy Metal Song ‘Enter Sandman’Banjo Guy Ollie Performs a Multitrack Cover of Metallica’s Heavy Metal Song ‘Enter Sandman’Jimmy Fallon, Metallica, and The Roots Play ‘Enter...

Finnish couple Lauri Vuohensilta and Anni Vuohensilta of the Beyond the Press channel attempted to heat up their hot tub by dropping a 50 pound cylinder of red hot steel into it. With their test, they were able to raise the temperature of the water from 68 degrees Fahrenheit to 76 degrees. HotTug, A Wood-Fired...

BBC News asked locals to identify the time period in which a photograph of a striking young man was taken. While most polled thought it was in the last 20 years, the photo was actually taken in 1865. And the striking young man in the photo was Lewis Powell, a convicted co-conspirator in the assassination...

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, the beloved proprietor of Furniture Gallery in Houston known for his unique ad campaigns, has selflessly opened his various showrooms around the city to provide welcome refuge for thousands of people who lost their homes to the incredible floods of Hurricane Harvey.

Torachitech2 shared a video on Twitter of Yaskawa-kun, a cute big headed robot that happily serves soft serve ice cream cones via a digital touch screen at the Tokyo Summerland theme park in Japan.

“Westeros the Series” is a gritty fan made parody of HBO‘s popular television show, Game of Thrones, that is set in the 21st century. The more things change. The more they stay the same. via Boing Boing Amazing ‘Game of Thrones’ Pop-Up Book That Folds Out to Create a Giant 3D Map of WesterosWesterosCraft, Recreating...

Dog trainer Sara Carson took the America’s Got Talent stage once again with her adorable Border Collies “Hero” and “Loki” to perform all sorts of incredible tricks to Bonnie Tyler‘s song “Holding Out for a Hero.” A post shared by America's Got Talent – AGT (@agt) on Aug 29, 2017 at 6:37pm PDT Sara Carson...

Marvel has released a new trailer for their upcoming Inhumans television series coming to ABC. The trailer gives us a look at Maximus‘ (Iwan Rheon) military coup against Black Bolt (Anson Mount), which ends up bringing an all out war to Earth. The first two episodes of Inhumans are set to premiere on Friday, September...

Vox editor Dion Lee, who was born in Seoul and raised in Vancouver, vented her frustrations with the uniquely American use of the antiquated imperial system (i.e. inches, feet, miles, Farenheit) versus the simpler metric system (i.e. centimeters, meters, kilometers, Celsius) that’s used throughout the rest of the world. Lee also explained the history of...

British actor and voice artist Ben Crystal recited the opening lines from Romeo and Juliet in what is believed to be Shakespeare’s original accent to a group of students attending a seminar through the British Council English and Exams. In doing so, Crystal also explained the importance of knowing this accent, how he produced the...

YouTuber Allen Miller posted beautiful timelapse of a monarch caterpillar as it shed its skin and built a chrysalis around itself as the first stage of its metamorphosis into a beautiful butterfly.

Canadian chemistry buff NileRed captured a series of fascinating experiments to show what happens when mercury is combined with aluminum.

While out canoeing on the Murray River at Ulupna Island in Victoria, Australia, students with the Latrobe University Bendigo Outdoor and Environmental Education came upon a lone koala bear who had sought refuge up a tree from the rising river during a severe storm that hit the area, but could not get back down for...

Great Big Story visited with Ferruccio Pilenga, the proprietor of the Italian School for Lifeguard Dogs where he trains helpful canines to assist lifeguards in making water rescues during the busy summer season in the coastal town of Civitavecchia.

A beautiful Maine Coon cat named Bowser thought he could surreptitiously sneak onto his human Corey Motley‘s lap by moving very, very slowly. Unfortunately for Bowser, Motley was onto the furry kitty’s plan all along.

Artist Cath of The Square to Spare has created a great video tutorial on how to make a miniature violin using wooden Popsicle sticks, coffee stirrers, toothpicks, and string.

A little girl and her little dog gleefully jumped rope alongside one another. The girl’s ponytail and the dogs ears adorably bounced up and down with each jump against the background of buildings in an unnamed city.

Tim Hoekstra is a talented artist who has been drawing incredible temporary designs on beaches since he was a child.

These Cosmos Éclairs by Musse Confectionary in Kiev, Ukraine are out of this world!

Ototo product designer Lilach Eytan has created a wonderful set of salad tongs that look like the mysterious Bigfoot and stand upright while on the table.

The WL Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd in China broke a Guinness World Record in Guangzhou, China for the most robots dancing simultaneously.

FlippyCat created a beautiful kaleidoscope effect using all sorts of colorful dominoes and mirrors that spin around on an axis.

British expatriate Chris Broad of the series “Abroad in Japan” rather grumpily complained about being rudely awoken by a series North Korean missile alarms in true multimedia fashion during a stay in the town of Aomori.

Palette Maniac has created a series of images for Instagram featuring appealing color palettes used in visually striking movies and television shows.

While in England, Adam Savage and the Tested crew visited the FBFX visual effects and fabrication shop. Savage chatted with co-founder Grant Pearmain about how they 3D scan actors for costume and prop fittings. Adam then met a foam clone of himself made with the amazing digital scanning technology. A post shared by Adam Savage...