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Jack Davis, the famously prolific award-winning cartoonist who co-founded the iconic Mad Magazine in 1952, passed away on July 27, 2016 at his home in Athens, Georgia at the age of 91. The staff at the magazine eulogized Davis beautifully. It is with great sadness that we note the passing this morning of long-time legendary […]

Motherboard writer Joseph Neighbor traveled the United States to uncover the truth behind the so-called “Swedish Fish Theory,” the idea that including a bag of candy when sending something for repair will help expedite the process. It began in a reddit thread, so Neighbor tracked down the original poster as well as some commenters. He […]

Back in June, Wired took a tour of the LEGOLAND Model Shop in Carlsbad, California and visited the amazing workshop housing over 3 million LEGO bricks in 70 different colors. Wired recently teamed up with master model builder Robbie McCarthy to discover some of the hidden secrets that are scattered throughout LEGOLAND.

Big Bird and the cast of Sesame Street perform the DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince (Will Smith) song “Summertime” in a delightful mashup edited by Adam Schleichkorn (a.k.a. “Mylo the Cat“). Here is the original music video for the song.

A photo posted by Dmitry Merezhnikov (@dmitrymerezhnikov) on Jul 26, 2016 at 8:42am PDT Unknown Pokémon Go hunters have painted a granite monument in Yekaterinburg, Russia to make it look just like a giant poké ball. According to Buzzfeed, the statue was painted in the past to resemble an Angry Birds character. A photo posted […]

As a part of a longer fan-made video wishing The X-Files Chris Carter a happy birthday, musician Ian Gordon transposed the theme song’s key from minor to major, which resulted in a rather cheery tune that was more akin to a video game. Here’s the original theme song (in minor key). via reddit

A sweet baby rhino named Grace who lives at the Rhino Orphanage in South Africa was taking a morning walk with her caretaker Laura Ellison when she decided demonstrate her love for Ellison with a couple of wet, sloppy kisses. The kisses actually involved sucking on Ellison’s nose with her very strong lips. I was […]

Joe Sabia, a New York based director, writer, musician and friend of Laughing Squid demonstrated for the cameras of Wired his unique ability to type very quickly – 119 words per minute – using a modified two finger hunt and peck method. A lot of people can type with two fingers on the letters. Joe […]

Wendover Productions gave a simple explanation of the sometimes complicated rules of maritime law. While the video doesn’t cover every law that applies to international waters, they handle the basics like resource rights, citizenship for newborns, and general rules for what people can get away with at sea. Earlier this year, they created a similar […]

While walking along a windy beach, the affable Tom Scott explained that the “malt vinegar” that’s found in British chip shops isn’t actually made with vinegar. Instead what’s being served is an inexpensive combination of un-brewed chemical flavors and colors mixed together and made to taste like malt vinegar. The “non-brewed condiment” has been around […]

Ocean explorers on the E/V Nautilus expedition for the Ocean Exploration Trust have discovered a mysterious purple orb in the waters around the Channel Islands. The team was unable to identify the orb, but they collected it for further study, though it could take years to classify it as a new species. The orb was just […]

The Levitating Cup is a unique glass that hovers above a magnetic base to literally raise one’s spirits (or tea, coffee, soda, water or juice). The hovering effect is achieved through an electromagnet in the base and a magnet in the cup – cleverly putting the concept of flux pinning to use. Because the glass […]

YouTube creator Motoki Maxted danced wildly while lip-syncing in the car with his mother. The pair made a somewhat less frenetic video together earlier this month. Car rides with Motoki is back with a special edition of the hottest bangers right now.

In a new episode of the wonderfully animated lost interview series Blank on Blank, the late great Marlene Dietrich spoke about getting older, being a sex symbol, her love for Texans and the difference between American and Europe in terms of lifestyle and success in a 1969 interview with Houston radio host Jay Kent Hackleman. […]

Tag Clouds is an art project by Mathieu Tremblin where he cleans up graffiti making it legible. Tremblin paints over existing graffiti tags and replaces them with easy to read words and symbols. The principle of Tag Clouds is to replace the all-over of graffiti calligraphy by readable translations like the clouds of keywords which […]

German artist collect Raubdruckerin uses the often overlooked unique beauty of manhole drain covers, sewer grids and other embedded street designs as their vast medium that directly connect imprint their wonderful shirts and bags with a thin sheet of ink. All printing is done on-the-spot, so the act of casting the design becomes a separate […]

James McAvoy stars as a dangerous man with multiple personalities who abducts three young women in the new M. Night Shyamalan film Split, which will be released on January 20, 2016. Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to […]

Alex Wassabi of Wassabi Productions has created “How Pokémon Eat Food,” a geeky parody inspired by the popular video “How Animals Eat Their Food” by Mister Epic Mann. They hilariously act out how different Pokémon might go about getting a bite to eat in the real world. A video posted by Alex Wassabi (@alexwassabi) on […]

While stuck at an airport, traveller Ziya Tong, host and producer for Discovery Canada, was entertained by a happy little bird who was having lots of fun just riding along the handrail of a moving walkway over and over again. Little bird having fun on a moving walkway…#stuckatheairport pic.twitter.com/hFrd87sb4y — Ziya Tong (@ziyatong) July 23, […]

Music, choirs, food & drink from 5pm #Lostwithiel @TheManEngine All the info you need here https://t.co/mFLeEKQCAs pic.twitter.com/nN36FpY92a — GoldenTreeProduction (@GoldenTreeUK) July 27, 2016 The Man Engine, an incredible mechanical puppet dressed as a miner has started its 130-mile journey across south west England on July 25, 2016, making its way from Tavistock, Devon to Cornwall […]

Special effects artist Frank Ippolito teamed up with Tested to create a “CreepyFig” lifelike LEGO minifig mask and hands. Ippolito wore the set to interact with people on the floor of San Diego Comic-Con. In the video Norman Chan says Tested will be releasing a series of videos that detail the elaborate and mildly unsettling build.

Burger Fiction takes a look a the evolution of Matt Damon in film and television.

Mike Seymour of FX Guide and Wired examines the amazing special effects used in director Justin Lin‘s newly released film, Star Trek Beyond. From the digital construction of the Starship Enterprise all the way down to the extraterrestrials themselves, Mike Seymour takes us into warp drive as he breaks this successful franchise down to its […]

French journalist and director Ulysse Thevenon has created a supercut video featuring numerous references to movies from the 1970s and 1980s in the Netflix original series, Stranger Things. He features scenes from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Alien, The Goonies, Stand by Me, and other films.

Professional golfer Bubba Watson debuted a new jetpack golf cart built by Martin Jetpack and Oakley that gives golfers a bird’s-eye view of the course and help speed up play. The cart features a 210 horsepower engine that lets riders reach up to 3,000 feet at a top speed of 46 mph as well as […]

As a refresher for the upcoming Jason Bourne movie battling its way into theaters this Friday, Universal Pictures released a helpful featurette where Matt Damon gives us an action-packed recap of the Bourne film series in 90 seconds.

The single-actuator wave-like (SAW) robot developed by David Zarrouk at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev mimics the movement of a snake to push itself forward with an action similar to “the worm.” The 3D-printed design lets the robot move in a variety of difficult terrains, over obstacles, and a waterproof version of the SAW robot can swim 57 cm/s. SAW […]

Pawel Zadrozniak (a.k.a. “Silent“) recently created an fantastic rendition of the Pokémon animated television show theme song using 64 floppy drives, 8 hard drives, and 2 scanners. Here is the original theme song for comparison:

Loot Crate Productions has created a wonderful parody trailer that reimagines the upcoming DC Comics superhero movie, Suicide Squad, as a gritty Quentin Tarantino film. Suicide Squad is scheduled to infiltrate theaters on August 5th, 2016. This summer… The Bride, Django, Jules, Gogo and Aldo slice through the bad guys as Quentin Tarantino brings you […]

Screen Junkies and Smosh have teamed up to create an honest game trailer for Pokémon Go. We previously wrote about their ongoing series of honest game trailers.

Comedian Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant recently pulled another one his classic pranks by leaving funny fake coupons at a local grocery store. A photo posted by Obvious Plant (@obviousplant) on Jul 26, 2016 at 10:29am PDT images via Obvious Plant

After getting a demanding phone call from CEO Rick Riffson, talented guitarist Rob Scallon expertly demonstrated his multi-instrumental talent by shredding heavy metal licks on a 22-string Roosebeck Heather Harp. When music industry elite and Super Metal Records CEO Rick Riffson called me today I was of course nervous. But with a 22 string and […]

Kate Middle-Toe The British company Chatty Feet makes fun illustrated socks with witty names that combines the name of the character with a pun pertaining to feet, such as, “Kate Middle-Toe“, “Vincent Van Toe“, “Feetasso“, “Andy Sock-Hole“, just to name a few. The pairs also come with a card explaining who the character is and […]

Lovin Dublin created a brilliantly hilarious video featuring Sir David Attenborough narrating Pokémon Go.

A photo posted by Dorota Drzewiecka (@pracowniador) on Mar 8, 2016 at 10:53am PST Polish seamstress and designer Dorota Drzewiecka of Pracownia DOR has created a gorgeous line of colorful hand-painted silk butterfly wings that look as if they could fly away on their own. While Drzewiecka’s designs were originally made for belly dancing, they […]

Redditor OyVeyzMeir shared a photo of his 40 year-old best friend’s birthday cake which included toy fire trucks ready to assist with putting out the candles. via reddit

A news blooper from KARK in Little Rock, Arkansas features the quite possibly the shortest weather forecast ever recorded. via reddit

Upon his human‘s request, a very sweetly accommodating German Shepherd named Luke obediently went to go find his big brother Jack and efficiently retrieved him with a gentle hold upon his collar. The younger German Shepherd will fetch his brother if you tell him to …It’s not uncommon to hear some growling when Luke runs […]

Family Guy brilliantly makes fun of how salad is made at every single pizza restaurant. via reddit

Ted-Ed Educators Anthony Hazard and Alex Gendler explain through somber animation by Uncle Ginger, the array of circumstances that allowed Hitler to rise to such power in a democratic, culturally assimilated country like Germany. For Hitler…his bigotry and paranoid delusions led him to pin the blame on Jews. His words found resonance in a society […]

In episode 18 of his series for IMDb, host Brandon Hardesty of No Small Parts and his friend Kenny Johnson travelled to Louisiana to meet Josh “The Ponceman” Perry, an actor who has a mild form of Down’s Syndrome and his incredibly supportive family. Perry first gained popularity on the YouTube channel he shares with […]

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Dan and Lincoln from the What’s Inside? channel recently visited Iceland to find out what’s inside a levitating light. Due to some equipment problems, the pair was forced to use some rudimentary methods to open the device including a knife, their bare hands, and throwing part of it off the roof of a building. We […]

A high-flying hawk in Lincoln, Nebraska decided to take a break atop the 10/11 weather tower where the curious bird looked right into the camera as if he was saying hello to all the viewers out there. Meteorologists Rusty Dawkins and Sean Viale both welcomed the return of their feathered friend. Look who's back! #MrHawk […]

The Late Show host Stephen Colbert visited the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia as his Hunger Games-inspired character of Julius Flickerman to celebrate the Hungry for Power Games. Perhaps because of his antics at the Republican National Convention last week in Cleveland, Colbert had a much harder time trying to get up to the podium […]

Vox writer German Lopez investigated how the use of psychedelic drugs such as LSD and psilocybin, is currently being studied in its effectiveness to treat such issues as depression, OCD, anxiety, addiction. While He found that the studies had great success, he also found that the studies a few and far between due to the […]

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Everything Wrong With The Bourne Supremacy by Cinema Sins There’s a new Jason Bourne movie! In the spirit of celebration, we went looking for sins in the 2nd one: The Bourne Supremacy. Found a few.

Meet Graham. Graham is an anthropomorphic interactive sculpture with a severely deformed appearance that highlights human vulnerability and demonstrates how humans would need to physically evolve in order to comfortably survive the worst traffic crashes. Graham was collaborative project between the Transportation Accident Commission of Victoria, Australia (TACVictoria), trauma surgeon Dr. Christian Kenfield, crash expert […]