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An F-16 BM Block 15 takes off and flies nearly straight up, reaching 15,000 feet in about 45 seconds in a video by Murat ÖZPALA. ÖZPALA rode as the rear pilot in the jet which belongs to the 11th Squadron of the Pakistan Air Force. It was my great pleasure to sit behind the very first SOLOTURK […]

Filmmaker Oscar Boyson has created a wonderfully edited, thoughtful tribute to Marcello Mastroianni, the legendary Italian actor whose sophisticated style, suave manner and joie de vivre made him one of the most celebrated celebrities of his time. Boyson made this film for the fashion channel M2M on Apple TV.

Twins Days is an annual celebration of biological twins held in Twinsburg, Ohio. The festival was the subject of the short New Yorker documentary “Twins, Everywhere” by Alex Markman.

Firebox has released a personal cardboard home cinema kit that turns your smartphone and tablet into a movie screen. The cinema kit, which includes an “optional cardboard audience insert for added realism,” is available to purchase from the Firebox website. Made from super rugged cardboard, the Cardboard Home Cinema arrives flat-packed and can be quickly […]

Hank Green of SciShow recently took a look at several, highly propagated myths about cancer and used simple logic and clear explanations to easily debunk each myth one at a time. But antioxidants are still good for you, right? Might as well load up on them anyway–it can’t hurt. Actually, if you already have cancer, […]

A 2009 Chevy Malibu and a 1959 Chevy Bel Air were crashed head-on in a 2009 test to compare old and modern safety features. Although many people consider classic cars to have a more solid build, the test clearly shows that the driver of the Malibu would be much better off after the crash than […]

Amsterdam fashiontech designer Anouk Wipprecht has created a brilliant tutorial on how to build an awesome set of mechatronic LEGO Mindstorms wings that actually move while you are wearing them. The full tutorial is available to view on Instructables. images via Instructables via Tara Brown

In the latest episode of the wonderfully animated lost interview series “Blank on Blank” features a 1983 interview in which the legendary astronaut Sally Ride spoke with writer Gloria Steinem about what it was like being the first American woman in space, what it was like to be the only woman on the flight and […]

Mark Rober shows how he built a portable rapid-fire snowball machine gun using a leaf blower, complete with a snowball magazine that can be swapped out from the side. Here are the build instructions.

The Characters is a new Netflix series by eight comedians who each make one episode of the show. The series features Kate Berlant, Dr. Brown, Paul Downs, John Early, Lauren Lapkus, Tim Robinson, Natasha Rothwell, and Henry Zebrowski each portraying a number of different characters. The series will premiere on March 11, 2016.

Firebox is featuring a snuggly pillows shaped like a panda and grizzly bear that will lovingly hug you while you sleep tight in your bed. They are available to purchase from the Firebox website. Bear Hug Pillows are your new special someone. They’re ridiculously comfortable, gloriously squishy, you don’t have to talk to them and […]

OneGo is a new startup that offers unlimited flights to frequent travelers for a flat monthly fee. Travelers can select from a national or regional plans to travel freely between 76 airports across the country. Users can keep up to four simultaneous flight reservations, and will soon be able to purchase add-ons for more reservations, […]

A beautiful little Siamese kitten named Evie fell so in love with a foil Happy Birthday balloon that she hilariously carried it around everywhere she went and cried loudly when her human Bette took it away. When Evie’s not running around with her balloon, she’s hanging out with her best friends, a couple of spotted […]

Screen Junkies gives their Honest Trailers treatment to the James Bond film Spectre. In a year with too many blockbuster spy films, the great James Bond is back and bringing absolutely nothing new to the table in Spectre.

Wired contributing editor Eric Steuer shows how to make old-school Star Wars action figures breakdance. Star Wars and hip hop together as they were meant to be. WIRED’s Eric Steuer demonstrates how to get original trilogy figures doing sick headspins.

In their latest of their wonderful whiteboard videos, linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually offer up examples of common English words that have firm roots in the French language. What is vinegar but sour wine? And that’s exactly where the word comes from too. Vinegar is “vin aigre,” or sour wine. […]

A new trailer has been released for LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, an upcoming action-adventure video game based on the most recent blockbuster Star Wars film. The trailer is a fantastic parody of the first trailer released for The Force Awakens. LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is available to pre-order for all major […]

Japanese artist Yumi Nakano has created a line of adorable hand crafted, hand painted hamster figurines that, while completely inedible, look good enough to eat. So much so, in fact, that Nakano has had to put out a video demonstrating that her creatures are not made from food. (translated) Many people mistakenly believe that this […]

Bad Lip Reading has released part one of their compilation of bad lip reading during NFL games in 2016.

Screen Rant takes a look at some of the hidden details in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Qantas has released a flight safety video with friendly Australians in beautiful locations that correlate with the various airplane safety features being discussed. The video serves double duty as both a safety guide and a travel promotion highlighting a few of the interesting things to see and do while visiting Australia. via Holy Kaw, The […]

Poncho is a new weather and travel app created by Kuan Huang of Betaworks that provides users tailored daily updates with a fun design including GIFs and jokes to give users the information they need to start their day. Previously Poncho updates were only available via email or text. The app is available now in the iTunes App Store, […]

In his latest video, the irascible Mr. Forthright offered his unsolicited, but amusing advice about defeating terrorism in his very distinct straightforward manner. Terrorists want you to be afraid if you’re already in a state of constant fear they can’t affect you. Release snakes randomly throughout your house. Ride down on the wrong side of […]

In the HEINZ Ketchup Game Day 2016 commercial for the upcoming Super Bowl 50, hundreds of dachshunds adorably dressed as hot dogs stampede their way across a grassy field and head straight towards the Heinz family dressed as anthropomorphized condiments, including Ketchup, Mustard, Sriracha and BBQ Sauce. images via Heinz Ketchup

The Food Surgeon carefully performs a delicate peanut-butter-ectomy using a scalpel and tweezers to open and gut a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. The daring surgeon then replaces the filling with layers of Oreo creme before restoring the cup’s top chocolate layer. The Food Surgeon started their series by dissecting a California mandarin orange. via The Daily Dot

Adam Savage of Tested recently visited Rick Lyon, a skilled puppeteer who designed the characters for the award-winning musical Avenue Q, and learned how to design and build his very own puppet named Finn.

Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) recently delivered a helpful testicular cancer PSA for all of the guys out there watching. The “Merc with a Mouth” has surfaced once again to hand over a breast cancer PSA encouraging the ladies of planet Earth to perform important self-examinations. The upcoming Deadpool film adaptation is scheduled to arrive in theaters […]

Marvel takes behind-the-scenes look at some of the visual effects from season one of Agent Carter.

News Be Funny has created a compilation of some of the best news bloopers from January 2016.

An adorably anthropomorphic Barkley dog family go through the trials and tribulations of daily life, including calming a crying baby, the frustrating process of figuring out a new voice-activated phone, having a bad hair day and waiting for an errant valet, all in their beloved Subaru.

NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released a simulated flyover animation of the dwarf planet Ceres that was created with data from the Dawn spacecraft. The enhanced color visualization highlights some of the dwarf planet’s key features like the crater Occator and pyramid-shaped mountain Ahuna Mons.

Model airplane designer Peter Sripol from Flite Test created a Super Circle Plane, a large model craft with a single circular wing, for Flite Fest 2015. The unique creation was flown over a field of RC aircraft enthusiasts, many of whom used the Super Circle Plane’s circular wing as a target for their own craft. photos via […]

In the second episode of Metal Kitchen, metalcore vocalist Linzey Rae of The Anchor demonstrates how to make a colorful layered birthday cake while narrating the process with her signature amazing growl. Rae previously lent her voice to a recipe for Shepherd’s Pie.

A photo posted by Ursula Goff (@uggoff) on Jan 30, 2016 at 8:11am PST “Starry Night“ Ursuala Goff, a skilled colorist in Kansas with a true appreciation for art, has found an incredible way to express both her talent and knowledge through hair. In her “Fine Art” series, Goff matched the color of each client’s […]

Dutch police are training eagles to take down unwanted drones. The police partnered with the company Guard From Above based in The Hague to train the birds to target the drones, and their progress was shown at a recent demonstration. via Digg

The Present is a touching animated short film, created by Jacob Frey, about a young boy and his new dog. Frey’s short film is based on artist Fabio Coala‘s equally emotional comic strip titled “Perfection.” The short tells the story of a boy who rather spends his time indoors playing videogames instead of discovering whats […]

A very tired tabby cat refused to wake up from his yummy slumber even though a mischief of toy mice surrounded the supine feline and a mischievous human was ready with a camera. ????????? pic.twitter.com/flu1Sy8DPh — mimo (@oken_ne) January 28, 2016 images via mimo via Rocket News 24

Tom Scott takes a look at science used to create snow for the 2016 Youth Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway.

AMC has posted a round-up of 17 different Breaking Bad references hidden in season one of Better Call Saul. Season two kicks off on February 15th.

17-year-old tech builder Angelo Casimiro from the Phillipines has created a marvelous step-by-step tutorial on how to build a life-size BB-8 droid that can be controlled with your smartphone. The entire tutorial is available to view on Instructables. One of my dad’s hobby is being a toy collector (Hot Toys, Enterbay & Etc..). He grew […]

A photo posted by Street Fauna (@streetfauna) on Jan 28, 2016 at 8:05am PST During the amazing blizzard that hit New York City and much of the east coast on January 26, photographer Michelle Palazzo braved the harsh weather and captured absolutely remarkable photos of the iconic Flatiron Building as its triangular stance fought off […]

The Baby Nessie tea infuser is a new whimsical design by Ototo that’s shaped like a wee little version of Nessie, the mythical Loch Ness Monster. The infuser is simple to use, comes in a few different colors and nests perfectly into the grown-up Nessie soup ladle and the Mama Nessie colander spoon. Get ready […]

Warner Bros. has released a behind the scenes look at the upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them during A Celebration of Harry Potter. In the short video, the cast of the film including Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterson, and Alison Sudol talk about working with author J.K. Rowling and the experience of adding to the Harry […]

Microscape, a collaborative project between New York-based architectural design firms TO+WN Design and AJSNY, are clever customizable 3D printed tiles that fit together like puzzle pieces to complete a topographically-correct tiny cityscape of New York City. The company is planning to create tiles for other cities around the world should they meet their funding goals […]

Kurzgesagt explains the science of red dwarfs, the relatively cool stars that could potentially host alien life, or one day be home to humans in space. The animated video covers the life cycle of the stars, and how their unique properties make them a possible home to life as we know it.

When it’s too tough for everybody else, it’s just right for me. In a wonderful StoryCorps animation “Driven“, Frank Scott, the son of NASCAR Hall of Fame racer Wendell Scott, fondly recalled to his own son, his father’s incredible driving ambition in the face of adversity and his perseverance to keep racing, despite the pervasive […]

Horace and Pete is a new drama series written and directed by Louis C.K. that the comedian released on January 30, 2016 as a surprise through his website with no prior announcement. The series stars C.K. and Steve Buscemi with appearances by Steven Wright, Alan Alda, and Aidy Bryant. The theme song for the series was written […]

Herbert Hoover has created Tinysaurs, a fantastic collection of tiny dinosaur skeleton paper sculpture kits. Build kits for the Stegosaurus, Woolly Mammoth, T-Rex, and more are available to purchase on Etsy. images via Tinysaurs via Fubiz Media

The Piano Guys, an incredibly talented group of musicians performed a breathtaking version of the Adele hit “Hello” in combination with the somber Mozart requiem”Lacrimosa” on cello with absolutely stunning results. The group recorded the session at the Tuacahn Center for the Arts, utilizing mirrors, diffused light and lots of fog. Hello/Lacrimosa (or “Chello,” as […]

News Be Funny has assembled a hilarious compilation of snow news bloopers.