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In a delicious episode of Binging With Babish, host Andrew Rea demonstrated how to make lemon pepper wet wings from Donald Glover‘s FX television series Atlanta. Lemon Pepper Wet is an Atlantan institution, virtually unknown outside the Peach State until Donald Glover’s groundbreaking series made us salivate without even showing us the pay dirt. Look...

The ever-entertaining Rob Scallon hilariously turned into a green monster after drinking a magic potion in a period appropriate video for the song “JekylnHyde”. The name of the song came from a now-defunct heavy metal band in the Chicago, Illinois area, as do the rest of the songs on his new album entitled “The Scene...

Fender has introduced a new line of portable, battery operated bluetooth speakers that perfectly replicate the look of their iconic amplifiers. The speakers come in two different styles, the Monterey and the Newport, both of which draw inspiration from their classic ’68 Custom amplifiers. Our Bluetooth speakers are designed to fit into any décor, so...

Before being released back into the ocean, two absolutely adorable sea lions named Buoy and Canoe, gave each other a bittersweet kiss goodbye before going their separate ways. Both pinnipeds were rescued off by the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, just days apart from each other in May 2017 and became the best of friends during...

A teeny tiny green chameleon rather surprisingly remained relaxed while sitting in the palm of a person’s hand for a while. The little lizard calmly looked around with a gaze that went in two different directions at the same time. Just a small Chameleon hanging out comfortably. Tiny Baby Chameleons Make a Big Impression on...

Boulder, Colorado electrical engineer Nathan Seidle, the founder of SparkFun Electronics, sat down with Wired to explain how and why he built a custom robot that is able to crack a SentrySafe combination lock safe in fifteen minutes. Nathan Seidle’s wife gave him this already locked safe as a gift with no combination. Weird present,...

Kevin Karas of Hamburg, New York shared incredible home security cam footage from July 20th, 2017 showing his SUV briefly being lifted up off of the driveway by a tornado and turned sideways in his front yard. via WHAM, Paleofuture Intense First-Hand Video of a Tornado Descending on a North Dakota Mobile Home ParkIncredible Drone...

Musician Tyler Larson of Music is Win, who previously played almost every popular guitar technique in a single solo, hilariously offered a couple of step-by-step tutorials that show how to best try out electric and acoustic guitars in the most obnoxious ways possible. What's the first thing you play when you pick up a guitar?...

Netflix released the first trailer for Bright, their upcoming fantasy action film directed by David Ayer, written by Max Landis, and starring Will Smith. It follows human cop and father Scott Ward (Will) who is paired with Orc cop Nick Jakoby (Joel Edgerton) who go out to patrol an alternate version of Los Angeles where...

The upcoming film My Friend Dahmer, based upon the award-winning biographical graphic novel by Derf Backderf that was adapted for the screen and directed by Marc Murphy, tells the chillingly insightful story of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (Ross Lynch) before the heinous killings. The film takes place during Dahmer’s formative teenage years as an outsider,...

While in Alaska, Father and son team Dan and Lincoln Markham of What’s Inside cut open a Big Mouth Billy Bass singing fish with a razor knife to find out what’s inside and how it functions. A Big Mouth Billy Bass Robotic Singing Fish Hacked So That It Answers As Amazon’s AlexaThe Yorick Project, A...

A group of firefighters in Belcourt, North Dakota did a test run of their new fire hose rodeo competition. As one daring fire fighter dangled from a fire hose anchored to a giant forklift, his pals turned the water on full blast and laughed hysterically as he was whipped around a mud pit without mercy....

Playboy‘s comedy channel, The Chortle, has created a hilarious sketch where a man dressed up as a medieval knight tries to get into nightclubs on a Saturday night. Know someone who takes things way too literally? Show them this video of a guy dressed up as a knight trying to get into a nightclub on...

On July 21st a couple of gentlemen in Brussels, Belgium captured footage of a military tank, which just finished making an appearance at a parade on National Day, rolling through a Quick fast food restaurant drive-thru to order food. Cute Little Monkey Driving a Car Surprises Unsuspecting Fast Food Drive-Thru EmployeesTwo Guys Prank Drive Thru...

Robot Chicken released a hilarious trailer at Comic-Con 2017 for their upcoming Walking Dead special, “Look Who’s Walking.” The pop culture filled trailer gives us a look at the origin of Negan‘s iconic red scarf, Merle Dixon singing a tune while handcuffed on a roof, and Rick Grimes riding a unicorn bareback. The special is...

Nickelodeon released a trailer at Comic-Con 2017 for Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling, their upcoming one-hour movie based on animator Joe Murray‘s classic 1990s television series Rocko’s Modern Life. It is scheduled to premiere on Nickelodeon sometime in 2018. ‘The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water’, An Animated & Live-Action Film Sequel Featuring SpongeBob &...

A curious but confused calico cat gently petted a teeny tiny frog with her paw over and again. the little amphibian was none too pleased with the feline’s overtures, however, and kept trying to hop away. Teeny Tiny Lion Cub’s First Attempt to Roar Comes Out as a Teeny Tiny Little SqueakSimon’s Cat Hilariously Tries...

At least five nights a week, a very kind and definitively patient human named Dmitry Tkachenko comes to the rescue of a rather dim but harmless raccoon named Sneaky Pete who has been getting himself stuck in the trash bin on a fairly regular basis. Tkachenko doesn’t seem to mind, in fact he’s come to...

Due to a contractual relationship that cut off their advertising revenue stream, the incredibly popular internet fact checking site Snopes has turned to crowdfunding in order to keep their virtual doors open and their staff paid. The site has been self-funded since inception, but, per founder David Mikkelson, the situation has gotten pretty dire and...

Great Big Story visited with farmer Kenny Gracey of Forthill Farm in County Armagh, Northern Ireland who shared the remarkable story of how a producer from HBO series Game of Thrones saved him from losing his livestock farm a few years ago. The series specifically sought out Forthill Farm because of their rare breeds of...

Jun Yoshizuki of Jun’s Kitchen put his incredible culinary skills to use when he prepared a truly lovely handmade sushi meal for his youngest feline Nagi, who will be turning one within the next few weeks. Alongside the sushi, Jun put out some store-bought canned cat food in a manner similar to the experiment he...

No one is safe when this octopus is around In a fascinating episode of the BBC Earth series The Hunt, narrator Sir David Attenborough marvels at an amazing Australian octopus who lives in water, but is able to hunt for food on land whenever the tide gets too low or the when pickings in the...

While streaming on Twitch, gamer and father JurassicJunkie attempted to play the creepy video game Outlast 2, but was frightened to the point of screaming bloody murder when his baby daughter quietly came into the room without him knowing. He quickly went from being scared for his life to turning on loving father mode. The...

A talented musician named Abhishek Prasad in Bangalore, India very bravely and ably played his guitar while undergoing complicated brain surgery to help relieve a particularly bothersome case of musician’s dystonia that left many of his fingers immobile. Prasad’s playing helped the doctors determine to locate the nerve that was restricting movement. Since his surgery,...

Netflix released the second trailer for The Defenders, their upcoming original series developed by Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez. The trailer follows Marvel superheroes Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Iron Fist (Finn Jones) as they team up to fight against Elektra (Élodie Yung) and Alexandra Reid (Sigourney Weaver),...

In the folksy trailer for the second season of the HBO Hit Westworld that was revealed at the Comic-Con 2017, the suddenly self-aware hosts travel back to 2018, where they take it upon themselves to treat their human counterparts and guests of the park in the same way that they were treated in the past,...

CBS released an official trailer for Star Trek: Discovery, their upcoming original television series taking place 10 years before Captain Kirk and his crew. The explosive trailer features a war breaking out between Starfleet and Klingons. Star Trek: Discovery will premiere September 24th, 2017 on CBS All Access. Star Trek, one of the most iconic...

At Comic-Con 2017, HBO released a sneak peek trailer for the seventh season of Game of Thrones that reveals what is coming in the “Weeks Ahead.” Game of Thrones Season Six Promo Trailer Reveals New Footage of the Major Battles to ComeA Mashup of Disney’s Animated Film ‘Frozen’ and the First ‘Game of Thrones’ Season...

A rather inquisitive parrot named Karin tentatively opened the lid to a small wicker box on the dining room table with his nimble beak. Upon seeing that his buddy Komey the Bengal kitten was hiding inside waiting to pounce, the bird abruptly dropped the lid on his feline friend. Karin was quickly remorseful, however and...

Marvel has released a new trailer for Thor: Ragnarok, their upcoming superhero film directed by Taika Waititi that will be a sequel to Thor and Thor: The Dark World. The thrilling new trailer find Thor (Chris Hemsworth) teaming up with Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Loki (Tom Hiddleston), and Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) to battle Hela (Cate Blanchett),...

“Lego in Real Life” by BrickBrosProductions is a brilliant stop motion animation that features a human boy preparing a yummy breakfast of LEGO eggs and LEGO toast, topped with LEGO jam. The animation was inspired by the creative work of filmmaker PES and took three days to shoot. In our newest stop motion animation, Lego...

Adam Savage of Mythbusters and Tested went incognito at Comic-Con 2017 dressed as King Arthur from the 1981 film Excalibur. He was geared from head to toe in shiny armor made by amazing armorer Terry English, who also created the original armor for the film. Adam fulfills his lifelong dream of becoming King Arthur from...

At Comic-Con 2017, Warner Bros. released the first trailer for Justice League, director Zack Snyder‘s upcoming superhero film based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name. The trailer follows Batman (Ben Affleck), Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Aquaman (Jason Momoa), Cyborg (Ray Fisher), and The Flash (Ezra Miller) as they band together to...

During Comic-Con 2017, Warner Bros. released the first trailer for Ready Player One, an upcoming sci-fi adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and based on Ernest Cline‘s 2011 novel of the same name. The pop culture filled film follows Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan), a teenager from Columbus, Ohio living in a dystopian future, who sets...

Warner Bros. has released the a new trailer for The LEGO Ninjago Movie, their upcoming animated action comedy film directed by Charlie Bean (Tron: Uprising) and the second spin-off of The Lego Movie. The trailer follows Lloyd (Dave Franco), also known as the Green Ninja, as he and his team face his evil warlord father...

In the wonderfully spooky trailer for the second season of the runaway Netflix series Stranger Things, a frightened Will Beyers tries to make sense of his life after a series of events involving the malevolent entity that returned with him from Upside Down derailed his joy of returning to his Hawkins, Indiana home. The late...

Returning to the America’s Got Talent stage for a second time, the golden-voiced Puddles Pity Party once again wowed the crowd with a gorgeous operatic cover of the classic Eric Carmen power ballad “All By Myself“. Evidently P3 has even won the hardened heart of judge Simon Powell. The only clown @SimonCowell can stand. #JudgeCuts...

The wonderfully foreshadowing trailer for the eighth season of The Walking Dead released at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, shows the beleaguered characters of the various communities forming a fierce united front in an effort to take down the sadistic Negan and his group of callous tormentors once and for all. Season eight of The...

A post shared by Liam York Art ? (@misteryorkie) on Jun 2, 2016 at 11:25am PDT British artist Liam York creates absolutely amazing pencil illustrations that are drawn in the negative that when inverted, fully resolve to perfect reproductions of his intended celebrity subjects. Included in these negative drawings are Marilyn Monroe, Henry Cavill as...

Simon Whistler, host of the informative video series “Today I Found Out” shares the historical manner in which the alcohol content within a spirit was determined and how this determination was all the “proof” needed for the King to charge higher taxes. The process began in England around the 16th century. Its original purpose was...

A post shared by Irene Malakhova (@irene_mia_) on Jul 12, 2017 at 1:03am PDT Russian artist Irene Malakhova of Tiny Worlds Living creates absolutely beautiful water color and pencil illustrations of animals in miniature. With exquisite attention to detail, Malakhova amazingly captures the texture of each animal’s fur/feathers, expression, personality and even feelings in a...

An Ode to Love is a wonderful animated short film, created by the talented team at Brown Bag Films, about a lonely man on a deserted island who falls in love with a stick. It was written and directed by Matthew Darragh, produced by Suzie Belton and Danielle Considine, and features music by Stefan French....

Adventurous juggler and magician Joey Fratelli has created an exciting POV video where he successfully solves a Rubik’s Cube while water skiing across a lake. I made my family vacation a little more interesting by bringing a Rubik’s Cube and a pair of skis. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips A Man With A Rubik’s Cube...

Researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University teamed up to build “spring loaded energy recycling stairs” that make walking up and down a lot easier for users. According to Georgia Tech, the device makes the entire process much easier on the knees and ankles than conventional stairs. The spring-loaded stairs compress when someone comes down...

A rhythmically-inclined Goffins Cockatoo sat up upon the carpeted steps of hist Utah home and create very short bursts of danceable beats with bottles of pills filled with nuts and seeds. The musical bird was having fun until he decided it would be more fun to throw the entire lot down the stairs. My Goffins...

On a delicious episode of the PBS Digital Studios series Reactions, narrator and fact checker Kyle Nackers explains why battered and deep friend chicken is so scrumptious. Pumpkin Spice, A Parody Horror Movie Trailer About the World Becoming Brainwashed by Pumpkin SeasoningsFried Chicken and Waffle SandwichMatching Funds For Chicken John’s Mayoral Campaign

Cast members from Game of Thrones sat down during an interview with Mashable and asked a dragon egg shaped Magic 8-Ball about the fate of their characters on HBO‘s hit show. ‘The Real Housewives of Westeros’, A Silly Parody Poking Fun at the Women of ‘Game of Thrones’Game of Thrones Characters Reimagined in Mad Men,...

Esthetician Anita Mander captured footage of her adorable little boy, Brock, getting super excited while helping pick out paint colors at Home Depot. via reddit A Little Boy Has an Adorable Reaction to a Butterfly Landing on His Face After Setting It FreeAdorable Little Girl Gets Super Excited While Watching the First Trailer for Star...

Conan O’Brien worked together with West Coast Customs to create a spectacular superhero vehicle that matches hero alter ego and his anatomically correct supersuit. Conan revealed the custom car by rolling it out onto a stage at Comic-Con. Ironhead Studio Makes Conan O’Brien a Crotch-Enhanced Supersuit for San Diego Comic-Con 2016Conan O’Brien Mingles With Strangers...

In her wonderful photo series “Fancy Rats“, French illustrator and graphic designer Diane Özdamar created adorable scenes that showcase the softer, playful side of the rescued rats whom she and her circle of friends foster. Özdamar’s hope is to remove the stigma often associated with the misunderstood rodent. As far as I can remember I...