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Hacks World has created a tutorial on how to easily remove a festival wristband using a plastic bag. How to Use a Tissue Box to Easily Store and Dispense Plastic Grocery BagsIlluminated Plastic Garbage by LuzinterruptusA Dance Performance That Features One Dancer and Many Plastic Bags

Animals are known for being particularly attuned to changes in weather and in the wake of the incoming Hurricane Harvey, a wayward, terrified hawk took refuge in William Bruso‘s taxi and refused to leave. Bruso, who obviously cares for animals, let the frightened bird commandeer his cab and gave him the name Harvey the Hurricane...

A post shared by Seletti (@selettiworld) on Aug 25, 2017 at 2:26am PDT For the upcoming 2017 Maison & Objet exhibit in Paris, Italian design firm Seletti and Amsterdam’s Studio Job joined forces to create a quirky fast food inspired line of furniture. The series includes a hot dog couch and a hamburger chair. A...

Last year, Toby Lerone created a space saving tutorial where he demonstrated how to fit an entire outfit into a single pair of socks. via reddit Betabrand’s Sock Insurance, Lose a Sock & They’ll Replace itHow to Keep Car Windows From Steaming Up Using a Pair of Socks and Some Cat LitterChattyFeet, Fun Illustrated Socks...

Artist Narmak has created a wonderfully dark anime style intro for the animated SpongeBob SquarePants television series. Scientifically Accurate Version of ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ by ADHDA SpongeBob SquarePants Version of the Music Video ‘Evolution of Get Lucky’ by PJ NovaHow the Zany Animated TV Series ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Made It to Air on Nickelodeon

Primitive Technology demonstrates how to make a simplified blower connected to a furnace from scratch using only materials found in the wild. He built a more elaborate blower and furnace last year. The purpose of this project was to test a simplified blower design connected to a furnace. I purposely did this to show that...

Carlos Escobedo and his father attempted to warn the driver of a big rig in Texas that his truck bed was dangerously raised up, but sadly the warning did not work out. The driver of the truck ended up flipping over his semi and causing chaos after crashing into a highway sign at full speed....

An adorable little baby black rhinoceros named Kendi enjoyed his very first roll in the mud at the Cincinnati Zoo. After after his cooling mud session, Kendi did his very best to catch up with his doting mom Seiya . Kendi got his first taste of a mud wallow today after all the rain from...

Monkey’s House is a wonderfully loving sanctuary, hospice and home on a small farm in Burlington County, New Jersey that serves the end-of-life needs of homeless senior dogs who have nowhere else to go. Monkey House was started by Michele and Jeff Allen, two very compassionate animal advocates who wanted to help shelter animals after...

While on safari at the Djuma Game Reserve in 2016, photographer 2011ACVVV captured amusing footage of a mischievous little lion cub who repeatedly returned to the waters edge despite his mother’s firm objections to the contrary. Water can be very dangerous for a cub and this mom knows! via reddit Teeny Tiny Lion Cub’s First...

A post shared by ??? Sailors (@zza_sam) on Jul 22, 2016 at 12:12am PDT Kim Sunkyung and Jeong Wonjun of Sailor Studios in Seoul, Korea, created a thought provoking photo series entitled “Conversations” in which facial images of different people were projected onto lightweight material floating in mid-air as if they were speaking. The idea...

Chris Poole, the beloved human of Cole and Marmalade, joined up with Hannah Shaw aka the The Kitten Lady to visit the Los Angeles SPCA at a time when they were receiving kittens into the facility to talk about the crucial importance of fostering kittens, particularly when they are young. The unfortunate fact, as heartbreakingly...

Candy Chan, an architect in New York City has created an amazing series for her wonderful Project Subway blog. Entitled the “X-Ray Area Maps“, Chan recreated the buildings, the streets and the mostly west side train stations and then layered them upon one another to show exactly under which building certain subways ran. Included are...

Barnaby Dixon, the highly creative puppeteer behind MANU the incredible performing warrior finger puppet and a rather playful Raptor puppet, has introduced another one of his ingenious designs – a highly detailed, glow-in-the-dark bug that can pick up and throw small items. While similar in basic design to MANU, this puppet is made out of...

Adam Savage of Tested loves the M2019 Blaster carried by Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) in the original Blade Runner film and has even created his own beautiful replica. On an episode of Inside Adam Savage’s Cave, he revealed that the Elfin Knights Project in Japan created a water gun version of the iconic pistol. Adam...

Stormhenge is a gorgeous timelapse by filmmakers Gavin Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinovic. This film captures the rare sight of the infamous Carhenge sculpture in Alliance, Nebraska, which also happened to be in the path of totality during the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse. Carhenge was built by artist Jim Reinders in 1987 as an automotive...

In a truly tantalizing teaser trailer for the fourth season of the truly sublime Charlie Brooker series Black Mirror, the titles for each of the six episodes are revealed with only a tiny visual glimpse into each. Variety has listed out the information for each episode. Bit more info here:https://t.co/Ouk3zxqyAs — Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) August...

On a handy episode of Odin Makes, host Odin Abbott demonstrates how to make Hellboy‘s stone Right Hand of Doom equipped with articulated fingers. How to Make a Portal Gun From the ‘Portal’ Video Game SeriesHow to Make Spider-Man Web ShootersThe Odin, A Modern Modular Interlocking Puzzle Treat Toy for Dogs

For their upcoming album of previously unreleased cover songs aptly entitled “Under Cöver“, the surviving members of Motörhead released their truly incredibly version of the iconic David Bowie song “Heroes“, featuring the sorely missed vocals of the late, great Lemmy Kilmister. Loud and proud as always, Motörhead’s new album Under Cöver is the ultimate raucous...

Japanese entertainment company Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. has created a kit that allows anyone to make their own giant gummy squid. It is available to purchase from Amazon and the Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. website. images via Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. via Technabob Enormous Transformers Optimus Prime Snow SculptureSushi Ferris WheelMustached Mr. Gurefuru ChuChu Device Churns Out Fresh...

A post shared by EME Tools (@emetools) on Apr 22, 2017 at 11:11am PDT EME Tools has created the Rotablade Pendulum MK2, a fidget toy based on the theories of double pendulum and random movement (chaos theory). It is available to purchase from the EME Tools shop. This is not a conventional spinning toy it...

Kenny Keller of Helicopter Online Ground School posted impressive footage of one of his former students, named Jed, flying a helicopter equipped with a giant multi-blade aerial saw to trim trees near power lines. Helicopter Cuts Back Overgrown Trees Next to Power Lines With Giant Dangling TrimmerSureFly Personal Helicopter That Looks Like a DroneRepairing a...

Kuma Films captured awesome footage of world champion juggler Josh Horton demonstrating his incredible assortment of tennis juggling skills. Josh Horton and Florian ‘Venom’ Kohler Perform Magnificent Juggling Pool Trick ShotsJosh Horton Juggles Basketballs While Sinking Insane Trick Shots on the CourtA Confident Little Otter Practices His Juggling Skills In Front of an Appreciative Audience

Storyful has created a captivating compilation of some of epic building, bridge, and stadium demolitions. A Montage of Epic Moments That Took Place at the Star Wars Celebration in OrlandoA Montage of Some of the Most Beautiful Multicolor Scenes in Movie HistoryA Montage of the Most Iconic Chase Scenes in Film

Without the use of tutorials, determined Scottish YouTuber Mike Boyd of the Learn Quick series quickly taught himself how to throw playing cards with deadly precision. A post shared by Mike Boyd (@mikeboydvideo) on Aug 23, 2017 at 9:09am PDT A post shared by Mike Boyd (@mikeboydvideo) on Aug 24, 2017 at 8:36am PDT A...

While attending the 59th annual Air and Water Show in Chicago, Brendan Peterson captured a crowds’ reaction when one of the Blue Angels pilots, known for their top-notch navigation skills, sneaked up behind them with a surprise flyby maneuver in their jet. Two Wingsuit Pilots Performing a Flyby of the Christ the Redeemer Statue in...

In a highly informative yet somewhat terrifying animation, design house Kurzgesagt explains the concept of black holes (see previous video), the destructive nature of black holes and how information (i.e. the universe) could be swallowed up by a black hole if the black hole information paradox holds true. Information tells us how things are different...

A post shared by Kristofer Hivju (@khivju) on Aug 24, 2017 at 12:35pm PDT In a very candid behind the scenes video, actor/musician Rory McCann who plays the very dour character The Hound on Game of Thrones, broke out his guitar from behind the trailer window and began singing a cheery song with the lyrics...

In a breathless episode of Life Noggin, narrator Pat Graziosi aka Blocko explains what allergies are, what happens inside the human body during an allergy attack and possible explanations as to why allergies exist. Allergies are a serious problem for millions of people but how and why do they develop and what’s so different between...

In 2009, vocal coach Chris Beatty explained why one’s own voice sounds different to other people than to oneself and offered a simple and inexpensive trick to hearing exactly what they hear. The answer is found in something as simple as this. I’m going to use these file folders as sound deflectors …that will block...

To celebrate hitting his 5 million subscriber milestone on YouTube, British inventor Colin Furze built a custom bicycle that can hold up to 1,000 firework rockets. After putting protective foam on his backside, Colin launched all 1,000 rockets at once off the back of the bike while riding it. Inventor Colin Furze Blows His Socks...

In September 2015, YouTuber Andre F put together a giant 33,600 piece Educa jigsaw puzzle entitled “Wildlife” over the course of nine months and captured the entire process in an incredible timelapse. Once the puzzle was finished, Andre filmed another timelapse of how it was framed, sealed and installed. via Digg Graffiti Archaeology, Documenting The...

A adorably plump black and white kitty half-heartedly played with an interactive exercise track with a ball to chase. This cat, however, was clearly not in the mood to do any chasing. Instead, she implemented a better way to keep the ball moving without having to do so herself. According to her human, she’s lazy....

Kentucky Fried Chicken has created a bizarre Oculus Rift virtual reality employee training video game that helps to teach new hires how to make chicken in a fraction of the time that it takes them to do in the real world. While being instructed by Colonel Sanders voice, the trainee must finish all his or...

“Visual Sounds of the Amazon” is a beautiful video by the talented Australian mixed media artist Andy Thomas, which features colorfully animated, gracefully moving visualizations of the bird sounds he recorded during a 2016 trip to the Amazon Rainforest in and around Presidente Figueiredo, Brazil. This first installment video will be screened at the Render...

YouTuber Cheese on Toast posted a video of a man in Japan using a clever toilet paper holder that easily allowed him to change the roll with one hand. It features a prong on each side of the holder that move inward an upward when a roll is being replaced and then snaps back into...

Upon hearing his human tap upon a toy drum, a really cute pink-cheeked cockatiel named Mr. Inko (translated) walked right over to the drum and began tapping out a beat with his beak. The rhythmic bird kept perfect time, only occasionally looking up to his human for guidance. (translated) I tried tempting Mr. Inko to...

The Dorothy Collective has released “Stamp Albums“, two beautiful lithographs that reimagine the most seminal albums of the post-punk and post-rock eras as colorful postage stamps. Included on the post-punk version of the print are such bands as DEVO, Joy Division, Talking Heads, The Cure, The Smiths and Depeche Mode. Included on the post-rock version...

Cambridge, UK self taught artist Zenia Kli Zafska (a.k.a. “The Lady Moth“) has created an adorable collection of needle felted animal sculptures, brooches, and decorations. They are available to purchase from The Lady Moth Etsy shop. A post shared by The Lady Moth ART (@theladymoth) on Feb 26, 2017 at 3:12am PST A post shared...

Filmmakers RalphGM and RandyFX of iVideoMaking created TimeLAX, a series of beautiful timelapse videos showcasing the mesmerizing sights and congested traffic of Los Angeles. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Beautiful Timelapse of 4th of July Fireworks Going Off All Around the City in Los AngelesTime-Lapse Video of Downtown Los Angeles During a SupermoonDrivelapse Route 66,...

A post shared by Coconut Rice Bear (@coconutricebear) on Aug 14, 2017 at 12:36am PDT A rather well spoken Samoyed named Coconut Rice Bear (Coco) who lives in San Francisco, California, took to her Instagram pulpit to vent her frustrations about the way the humans of the United States have been treating one another as...

B. Co Creative Agency posted footage from 2017 Silicon Valley Comic Con of former MythBusters co-host Adam Savage explaining why the long running Discovery Channel television series ended after its 14th season. Adam Savage of MythBusters Builds an Elaborate Fart MachineThe Epic Grand Finale and Reunion of MythBustersA Wonderful Tribute to 14 Seasons of MythBusters

Ototo industrial designer Lior Bartal has created the Space Masher, an out of this world potato masher. It is available to purchase from Ototo. Potatoes beware! We’re on a mashing mission to make mashed potatoes that are out of this world. A post shared by OTOTO Design (@ototodesign) on Aug 2, 2017 at 8:05am PDT...

A retired father celebrated the 2017 total solar eclipse by creating his own hilarious version of the “eggclipse” with an egg, some toast, and string. Make sure to wear your special glasses, those tasty ultraviolet rays are no yolk. via ViralHog Explaining What Happens During a Total Solar Eclipse and the Precautions to Take Viewing...

Agility Customs drove their custom rear steering Jeep Wrangler Unlimited SUV straight down a vertical cliff at the challenging Double Sammy trail going through Utah’s Sand Hollow State Park. They also posted footage of the Jeep climbing up the wall. Most people go up the obstacle, but we have never seen anyone go down it,...

Hello In Elephant is a really wonderful project by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust that seeks to connect humans with elephants by way of an online tool that translates simple human speech into a language that elephants will understand. Once a message is recorded, a video with an elephant communicating the translation appears and can...

Poko, a beautiful cockatiel with a very good ear, skillfully whistled a beautiful tune alongside the graceful accompaniment of his piano playing human. via reddit A Musical Tabby Cat Gazes Lovingly at His Musician Human Whenever They Play Piano TogetherSpikey the Cockatiel Skillfully Whistles the First Few Bars to the Game of Thrones Theme SongGerman...

Using a ping pong paddle and ball, a dedicated Japanese team set in motion a truly impressive Rube Goldberg machine that demonstrated very clever engineering for approximately four minutes. One of the remarkable features of this machine is that it used a single side of a whiteboard before employing the gaining momentum of the marbles...

Photographer wildwingsla captured absolutely amazing footage showing a charm of thirty hummingbirds partaking in their daily ablutions together in a bubbling bird bath. The photographer made particular note of the peaceful co-existence of the bathing birds, particularly since they are known to be a bit territorial. A record 30 hummingbirds bathe together at one time...

In 2015, we wrote about the short film “Covers” by German visual artist Henning M. Lederer who animated the geometric patterns of 55 vintage book covers. Two years later, Lederer has followed up with “More Covers“, which presents 36 additional covers from vintage psychiatry books that were animated so that they would move in a...