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A very recent episode of ACS Reactions explained the chemistry that’s involved in each step of the coffee making process. It’s one of the most popular beverages in the world, and many of us rely on it to stay awake every day. But not every cup of coffee is created equal. From the bean to […]

A wig for one head and many ears. Party Creative Lab has created the Song Wig, a truly unique bluetooth-enabled hairpiece that houses tiny amplifiers and is made from numerous earbuds that allows the wearer to share their music with their friends. Song Wig is a hairpiece of cords and earbuds. Earbuds at the tips […]

In his latest video, Davie504 shows off his incredible musical skill and his sense of humor as he demonstrated 30 different ways to play a bass. While a couple of his techniques were a little silly (“using a guitar as a pick“, “teeth“), all were expertly executed in a two minute solo. A photo posted […]

“Where Have You Been?” is a supercut of YouTubers and vloggers making excuses for not posting in a while. The video was edited by Duncan Robson with music by Joel Robson and features clips from more than 30 videos. The full list of videos used is included in the video’s YouTube description.

John Oliver explained the problems with credit reporting bureaus and companies that perform background checks in a segment on Last Week Tonight. Employers, banks, and landlords use information from these agencies to decide who gets a job, loan, or home, but the information is not always accurate with a shocking number of errors that negatively […]

In the latest episode of the fascinating series Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains how the term “Elvis has left the building” came about and why it became so incredibly popular. Using information from a post by Eddie Deezen, Whistler also explained who originally coined the term (Horace Logan) and who made it […]

Schaft, a robotics company owned by Google, recently showed off their new bipedal robot. The bot seems to have exceptional balance as it maneuvers across different terrain including a lovely stroll along a rocky beach. The compact design and low center of gravity help the robot handle stairs, the outdoors, obstacles, and even snow. The […]

In the latest of their incredibly insightful videos, the School of Life offers an animated explanation as to how the basic expectations of the workplace are so much easier for humans to negotiate than the nebulous boundaries regarding matters of the heart. The assumption of most jobs is that people who begin them don’t have […]

Kristian Williams (a.k.a. “kaptainkristian“) has created a new video essay that takes us on a journey through the history of Adult Swim and how the television network gives artists a creative place to explore. Fans of Kristian can support his future work on Patreon.

The first teaser trailer has been released for Titanfall 2, the sequel to the original multiplayer first-person shooter video game from Respawn Entertainment and Electronic Arts. The trailer gives us a glimpse of a drop pod opening up in the middle of a jungle. An advanced Titan mech stands tall in front of the pod […]

“The Hogwarts Club” by the Mashable Watercooler series Trailer Mix is a Harry Potter trailer styled after the trailer for the 1985 John Hughes classic The Breakfast Club. For comparison, here is the original trailer “The Hogwarts Club” is modeled after.

I Grew up Star Wars is a website, created and run by Tom Berges, featuring photos and memories that provide a nostalgic look at how Star Wars used to be. The user submitted family photos show kids playing with their old Star Wars toys, getting into costume as their favorite character for Halloween, and more. […]

Musician Guamu walked past a car with what appeared to be a dying battery, causing the vehicle’s alarm to lay down an interesting beat. Guama took inspiration from the sound and created his own track incorporating the alarm. After the initial video, Guama also released an extended version available on both YouTube and SoundCloud. via […]

The 8th Annual Shorty Awards take place tonight at the TimesCenter in New York City. You can watch all the festivities live via YouTube starting at 7:30PM ET/4:30PM PT and follow along at #ShortyAwards. Watch the 8th Annual Shorty Awards hosted by YouTuber Mamrie Hart LIVE now! The Shorty Awards honor the best creators and […]

After a pair of Airedale Terriers are left alone in a car, the one in the driver’s seat impatiently starts to lay on the horn to alert their driver. Over the weekend, Melissa Tonkin from Altoona, Pennsylvania left a pizza shop and spotted a group of impatient dogs laying the horn for their owner. After […]

Grant Thompson “The King of Random” partnered with What’s Inside? to find out if the powder inside an Etch a Sketch can be used to make thermite. The powder did not give quite the reaction the team was hoping for, but they still gave their Etch a Sketch test subjects a fiery farewell. Dan and […]

Best Sound Editing Oscar Nominees 2016 is a new supercut video series, created by University of California, Santa Cruz film student Zackery Ramos-Taylor, that focuses on the uses of sound in Oscar nominated films. For his first supercut, Zackery explores the powerful sounds in Mad Max: Fury Road. This film uses sound to enhance and […]

Urban explorers Vitaliy Raskalov and Vadim Makhorov from On the Roofs scaled South Korea’s 555-meter Lotte World Tower and nearly got busted by building employees on the way down in their latest daring video.

In an October 2015 episode of Retro Report, journalist and pinball aficionado Seth Porges spoke about his love for the game, explained why pinball was outlawed in the mid-twentieth century and the strange laws that were passed out of fear for the children. The thing about pinball, it was viewed as a game of chance, […]

HBO released the second trailer for season six of Game of Thrones that reveals a lot of new footage of the battle between living and dead that is fast approaching. Season six is currently scheduled to premiere on HBO April 24th, 2016 at 9 PM EST.

Researchers in Italy are currently constructing a multi-armed soft robot that functions in and out of water. Employing the concepts of embodied intelligence and biomimicry, the team looked to the incredible abilities of an octopus as its guide. To build their squishy aquatic robots, a team of researchers in Italy drew inspiration from the octopus. […]

Broad City actors Ilana Glazer and Paul W. Downs are starring together in the new Comedy Central special Time Traveling Bong in which the two characters get stuck in time and space when their glass water pipe is deliberately smashed. The special premieres April 20, 2016 (420).

Animator Uri Lotan has created an absolutely hypnotic music video for the Jane Bordeaux song Ma’agalim (Circles). Throughout the video, a wooden penny arcade doll endlessly wanders into different scenes and exiting quickly, visually representing the lyrics of the song. Nights turn into days Days turn into years And among them I was going faster […]

Conan O’Brien recently visited South Korea after receiving an invitation from a fan. While there, O’Brien and guest Steven Yeun, who plays Glenn on Walking Dead, visited the Korean Demilitarized Zone and traveled several feet into North Korea to host that country’s first late night talk show. O’Brien and Yeun also starred in a music video for […]

Keeping Up With the Queen is a really entertaining interactive site that allows users to put in their age in order to learn what the Queen of England was doing at that very same age. The site was put together in celebration of HRH’s 90th birthday on April 21, 2016. Cool site that shows you […]

The Kurzgesagt series In a Nutshell asks whether the concept of a space elevator is science fiction or the true future of humanity’s space exploration in their latest episode. The video explains the benefits of a space elevator over current space travel methods as well as the challenges in building one.

image via Mark Hamill Mark Hamill recently wished Daisy Ridley (Rey) a happy birthday on Twitter (April 10th) sharing a photo of Mark and her recreating an iconic scene from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. In the photo Hamill hopped on Ridley’s back, just as Yoda did with Luke Skywalker while training him on […]

Wizard Newt Scamander and his beasts arrive in 1920s New York City after being expelled from Hogwarts in a new teaser for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the latest film set in the Harry Potter universe. The movie will be released on November 18, 2016. image via Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The talented Tatiana Maslany, the actress who plays many of the lead roles on Orphan Black, showed her incredible range for emotion by performing live reaction GIFs while appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert With the extraordinary range Tatiana Maslany shows in “Orphan Black,” we thought she would be the perfect person to […]

In the second season trailer for the hit Netflix drama Bloodline, the inquisitive ghost of Danny Rayburn haunts his confused guilt-ridden siblings while their mother becomes increasingly suspicious. You can’t escape the past. The Rayburns struggle to conceal an unthinkable crime and begin to unravel in the midst of mounting lies, betrayal, and paranoia. Season […]

Celia Gómez has created a wonderful compilation video that features the first and final scenes of 18 popular television series played side by side. She presents the opening and closing scenes from shows like Twin Peaks, Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, Friends, and more. Celia was inspired by Jacob T. Swinney‘s First and Final Frames […]

Jumpy, the amazing Border Collie/Blue Heeler mix whose talents seem to know no end, painted a lovely little impressionist-style landscape with the help of his dog trainer human Otto Van Muller. It seems that Jumpy has made quite a bit of progress in his artistic endeavors since writing his own name with a paintbrush just […]

The Atomic Trimmer is an electric nose and ear hair trimmer that looks like a futuristic raygun. It is currently available to purchase from the Fred & Friends website. Pull the trigger on Fred’s retro-styled ATOMIC TRIMMER and stand back as unwanted nose and ear hair gets blasted away! Safe-to-touch stainless steel blades are housed […]

On a recent episode of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon and Melissa McCarthy took to the stage and faced off in a hilarious lip sync battle. The went back and forth with songs like “Pillowtalk” by Zayn and “Colors of the Wind” from Disney‘s Pocahontas.

Wellington City, New Zealand audio and visual post production technician Tom Fisher has created a fantastic Star Wars mega trailer that includes footage from all seven films.

Kyoot Kids has shared an adorable video of a tuckered out toddler, named Cody, falling fast asleep while skiing after a long day on the slopes. The cute little guy finds it hard to stay standing while taking a nap.

Warner Bros. has released a new “Blitz Trailer” for Suicide Squad, the superhero film directed by David Ayer and based on the DC Comics supervillain team. In the new trailer, DC‘s villainous team of outlaws bring the bad attitudes, the heat, and the pain. It stars Will Smith as Deadshot, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, […]

I’m on a boat motherfucker take a look at me! After its historic landing on the drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket excitedly declared “I’m on a Boat!”, as one does in reference to the 2009 song by The Lonely Island featuring T-Pain.

Yesterday SpaceX made history when the first stage of their Falcon 9 rocket sucessfully landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean after launching from Cape Canaveral to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA as part of their CRS-8 Dragon Mission. Congrats SpaceX on […]

In their newest video, the incredible 2CELLOS, comprised of Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, performed an absolutely brilliant mashup, combining the classic “Symphony No. 5” by Beethoven on acoustic cellos with a soulful rendition of “Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zeppelin on electric cellos. Absolutely amazing. Tomorrow!! #2cellos Posted by 2Cellos on Thursday, April 7, 2016 […]

Jason Headley, the creator of the F*ck That: An Honest Meditation video and the accompanying app has also penned a book of the same title which will be available for purchase on April 12, 2016. Let this book help you find peace with the challenges that surround you. Because they are f*cking everywhere. We all […]

Dr. Kenneth Libbrecht is a physicist at Caltech who studies how snowflakes form. Dr. Libbrecht served as the “Snowflake Consultant” for Disney’s Frozen, and in a video by Great Big Story he explains how he creates snowflakes in the lab.

A cool little dog at the beach allowed his human to protect his sensitive underbelly from the sun while he was lying supine on the sand. While doing so, the person also protected his eyes with a pair of stylish sunglasses and left his legs and head free for a quick escape.

Dozens of colorful Crayola crayons melt together in a hot pan in a video by the Let’s Melt This channel. Melting crayola crayons! It is clear everyone wants to see us melt more with acid, molten metal, torches and fires in excess of 2000 degrees Fahrenheit. Trust us, there is plenty more of that to […]

Marvel released a new featurette for Captain America: Civil War, titled “In Good Company,” where the powerful heroines (Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, and Emily VanCamp) talk about the struggles and challenges that they face in the new superhero film. Captain America: Civil War is currently scheduled to crash into theaters on May 6th, 2016. Marvel’s […]

In the latest of their incredibly insightful videos, the School of Life explains and defends the importance of hugging, the vulnerability one admits to when needing a hug and how its common everyday use is diminishing its true meaning. It seems very strange to make a case for hugging after all, hugging has become deeply […]

Spoil Me is an open online database of movie spoilers. Users can search for a movie title to find spoilers about the film, or submit their own. The site was created by the Paris digital agency Buddyweb. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

As part of their report on Yellowstone Park, the cameras of National Geographic captured amazing footage of “Bear Bathtub“, a swimming hole that has become a favorite bathing spot for the local bear community. Bear Bathtub, a colloquial name given to Yellowstone’s own version of a natural swimming hole, can be a busy place for […]

The Vox video “The pneumatic tube’s strange 150-year journey” explores the history of transportation via pneumatic tube, the basic technology behind the Hyperloop. The Hyperloop is attempting to combine pneumatics with magnetic levitation to finally bring fast, reliable, and safe pneumatic transportation to the world, a mission that was started by engineers and designers in […]

Batman battles Superman in a lot less violent ways in a new animated short by Dorkly. Chess, tennis, verbal assaults, and video games keep the destruction of the city down to zero. Do you bleed? I have some band-aids on standby just in case. Anyways, your turn.