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Tito4re wanted to see what would happen when molten copper is poured on a giant jawbreaker.

Topher Grace created a missing Seinfeld episode using clips taken from episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm season seven. That season focused on a Seinfeld reunion episode and featured appearances by Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, and Wayne Knight. I edited all the Seinfeld scenes from Curb season 7 into one episode. It’s more like a radio […]

ThinkGeek is featuring a series of custom-made Critical Hit Cookie Cutters that are shaped like a full set of six polyhedral role-playing game dice. Okay, we’re just going to come out and say it: eating dice is bad for your face. Not only does it destroy your cavalier smile, but it also really damages the […]

Aaron Paul visited Reddit headquarters for an AMA to promote his new movie Triple 9. While there, Paul answered the classic AMA question, “Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or one horse-sized duck.” It turns out that Paul is more of a lover than a fighter. Today was a fun day at @reddit with […]

Online novelty retailer Archie McPhee has just released Finger Feet, quirky finger puppets that are shaped like tiny human hands. The set of two vinyl feet allow “your fingers to dance, play football and kick back to relax.” The Finger Feet are a perfect match for Archie McPhee’s other unique item, the Finger Hands. Your […]

Mike Boyd continued his ongoing video series where he learns new skills by practicing and mastering a complicated trick pool shot in just three hours and 50 minutes. The trick took Boyd more time to complete than when he taught himself to juggle or ride a unicycle. The trick Boyd learned in the video was made […]

Rey and BB-8 meet for the first time and appear to talk to each other with the voices of Shrek and Donkey in a scene from Star Wars: The Force Awakens that was brilliantly edited by Marylet Datuin. The scene is very similar to the scene in Shrek where the large, green ogre (Mike Myers) […]

Dave Arnold, founder of the Museum of Food and Drink in New York, demonstrates how to cook the perfect steak using a blowtorch in a new mouthwatering video by Eater. Dave uses an attachment called the Searzall, which helps to distribute the heat over a wide area instead of just a small, direct point. What […]

Flossie Dickey, a wonderfully outspoken 110 year old in Cheney, Washington, appeared less than enthusiastic to do an interview with Good Day Spokane anchor Nichole Mischke about her birthday. Instead, Ms. Dickey preferred to briefly speak of her love of naps and her lack of excitement for her upcoming birthday party while deflecting the inevitable […]

Needed a little humor to lighten up a #YearInSpace. Go big, or go home. I think I'll do both! #SpaceApe Posted by NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 NASA astronaut Scott Kelly who keeps everyone entertained and up to date on space news through his Twitter feed, decided to add a bit […]

Competitive eater Matt Stonie consumed 13 slices New York Cheesecake (5,300 calories) in 60 seconds. Who wants a Slice??#NewVideo #Cheesecake #60SecondSeries Posted by Matt "Megatoad" Stonie on Thursday, February 25, 2016

Kevin Lieber of VSauceTwo offers a fairly comprehensive explanation of how certain animals became considered as pets, how these domesticated animals have been regarded and how humans can connect with their own humanity through the love of a pet. More than half of you keep a non-human creature in your house. Sometimes in your bed. […]

While promoting their brand new album “We Can Do Anything“, the Violent Femmes appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform a brilliant acoustic version (including the drummer on dome barbecue grill) of their most famous song “Blister in the Sun“. The excited host, apparently a big fan of the group, joined perfectly […]

While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the famously critical chef and television personality Gordon Ramsay tried Girl Scout cookies for the very first time. Forewarned by the host that the cookies are near and dear to American hearts, Ramsay tempered his reaction, but he made it quite clear that he did not like them at […]

Elektra Natchios (Élodie Yung) breaks into Matt Murdoch’s (Charlie Cox) apartment to ask for help in the new trailer for season two of Daredevil on Netflix. The trailer also includes the return of Stick (Scott Glenn) and the introduction of ninja organization known as The Hand. Daredevil season two premieres on Netflix on March 18th, 2016.

In the latest episode of his insightful cinematic series Every Frame a Painting, filmmaker Tony Zhou takes a look a how the Coen brothers employ a technique called “Shot/Reverse Shot” using a wide lens that puts the audience right into the situation with the characters and offering a deeper sense of who the character is, […]

The Bogeyman Egg Separator is a humorous device for separating egg whites and yolks. The egg whites pour out of the face of a ceramic character, giving the appearance of a runny nose. photos via Amazon via Boing Boing

In celebration of their 200th show, the entire cast of The Big Bang Theory took over on Conan and spoke about what they thought of each other, among other things. Kaley Cuoco and Melissa Rauch complained Kunal Nayyar‘s bad parking habits and his constant errors, Simon Helberg demonstrated his sensuous warm up sessions to the […]

Smosh has created a parody of every Oscars award show ever. The video includes celebrities talking about their outfits on the red carpet, Leonardo DiCaprio getting snubbed, and over-the-top acceptance speeches.

The fabulous Food Surgeon, who performed an Oreo transplant on a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup and dissected a bulb of garlic, returned to the operating room to perform “cookie reassignment surgery“. First the surgeon’s steady hands performed a delicate “raisin-ectomy” on an oatmeal raisin cookie with a scalpel, replacing them with semi-sweet chocolate chips that […]

Justin Suraci, a PhD student in Ecology at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, posited the idea that foraging raccoons might be frightened off just by the sound of a natural predator without the predator actually being present. To test their thesis, Suraci and colleagues set up speakers around the area and played […]

“PAC-MAN: Come Out to Play” is a gritty live-action version, created by the Fury Fingers movie studio, of the classic Pac-Man arcade game that is heavily inspired by the 1979 cult NYC gang film The Warriors. With Fight choreography and parkour as our focus we set out to make a fun n’ badass film. Anthony […]

“Remakes” by editor Jaume R. Lloret compares film scenes with their counterparts from later remakes side by side. The video uses more than two dozen pairs of films including Oldboy (2003, 2013), Cape Fear (1962, 1991), and Psycho (1960, 1998).

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is an upcoming action-adventure third-person shooter video game by Naughty Dog that will be the fourth and final installment in the Uncharted series featuring hero Nathan Drake. Naughty Dog’s new story trailer gives us a look at how beautiful and action-packed the video game will be. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s […]

In honor of Leo‘s exciting Oscar nomination for his role in The Revenant, Andy Schneider and Jonathan Britnell of Burger Fiction created a supercut video of every Leonardo DiCaprio movie ever. Note: We’re aware that he’s also credited in Poison Ivy (1992), but we choose not to include that film, because his scene was either […]

Daring adventurer James Kingston recently climbed the Marina 101 in Dubai, the tallest residential building in the world, and filmed a dizzying video in the process. Once on top of the building, Kingston then proceeded to climb a construction crane that reached out over the city. via Boing Boing

In episode 15 of his ongoing documentary series, titled No Small Parts, Los Angeles actor Brandon Hardesty looks into the unique life of actor Crispin Glover. Crispin is best known for playing the part of George McFly in the classic 1985 film Back to the Future. Fans of Brandon and his work can help support […]

My mom thinks she is a bird? Or something????????????? She should try to be a goat. Goats have more fun. #truedat #pennythegoat #goatyoga A video posted by Penny Lane (@penny_thegoat) on Feb 8, 2016 at 12:45pm PST A sweet little goat name Penny Lane, who lives in the sunny climes of Costa Rica, endeavors to […]

“The Maker” by Patrick Kehoe and Andy Corbett is a short film about a man who is deeply passionate about making toast. This is the simple story of one man’s enduring passion. We hope you can take a couple minutes to watch it and if you’re feeling particularly generous, to share it with friends. But […]

The Pnitty Mouse is a cleverly designed light-up computer mouse shaped like a cat paw, complete with squishy pads underneath. The whimsical mouse comes close to replicating the real feline feel for those who can’t otherwise bring their furry friend to work, but need the comfort they provide. (translated from Japanese) Modern people cases ranging […]

Bondic is a liquid plastic welding system that cures with ultraviolet LED light in just four seconds. The Bondic can easily repair damaged electronic cables, broken ceramics, torn fabrics, and more. The liquid plastic material can also be layered, molded, milled, and painted for more elaborate repairs. Sometimes glue—even of the super variety—just doesn’t hold up. […]

Jenn Fujikawa of justJENN recipes has shared a detailed set of instructions on how to create Rey‘s magical instant bread from Star Wars: The Force Awakens in under a minute. Like the blue milk Aunt Beru served in A New Hope, food is a comforting part of home life whether you’re living on a moisture […]

High school chemistry, pre-engineering teacher and mother Rorie Lizenby of Scottsburg, Indiana recently tapped into her creative side and transformed an old playroom into an incredible NES-themed game room for her children. The full collection of game room photos are available to view on Imgur. Game room pics photos by Tyler Lizenby via Nerd Approved

MinuteEarth explains how mushrooms and their spores help create rain by giving moisture in the air something to form raindrops and ice crystals around. The episode is the first narrated by MinuteEarth contributor Kate Yoshida.

Barcelona-based illustrator Mar Cerdà has created a magnificent collection of miniature paper dioramas featuring scenes from films by director Wes Anderson. She intricately displays scenes from movies like The Darjeeling Limited, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums, and more. Mar’s entire series of diorama photos are available to view on Instagram and her portfolio […]

Reactions explained the chemistry of matches while a match head ignites and burns in super slow motion. The process of lighting the match takes just tenths of a second, but a high-speed camera stretches that out into a two-minute video. To fire up the grill or the gas stove, we often reach for a match. […]

“The Sound of a Galaxy” is a new featurette that gives us a behind-the-scenes look at how five-time Academy Award winning composer John Williams‘ crafted the epic soundtrack for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The soundtrack is currently available to purchase on iTunes and Amazon.

“One of Those Days 3” is the third installment of Candide Thovex‘s ongoing series where the French pro skier captures first-person footage of himself engaging in a downhill ski run that is filled with all sorts of deathifying stunts. Thovex doesn’t hold back as he pulls off a tricky backflip into a snowy tunnel, flies […]

The Oatmeal has offered up a number of additional amusing suggestions for Facebook to complement the nice but rather limited brand new Facebook reactions. After all, whom among us haven’t thought about saying at least one of these things?

Thanks to Marshall Birnbaum for this drone photo Posted by Simon Beck's Snow Art on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 French artist Simon Beck travels around to the mountains of the world to create giant, elaborate and beautiful murals in the snow, using only his feet (in snowshoes) and the various props he can carry while walking. […]

On the February 23rd episode of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon and the amazing Kevin Spacey played a round of MasterClass Junior, a game in which they acted out three short scenes written by kids who were given the title House of Cards with no other context. The judges, also made up of three […]

Impossible Dogs by Grant Snider on Incidental Comics

Graphic artist Graham Phisher has made a very clever, but rather bleak remix of the video in which Boston Dynamics demonstrated the amazing abilities of its new version of the upright walking Atlas robot. By changing the video into black and white and reversing the order of the narrative, Phisher made it appear as if […]

Facebook has rolled out a range of new reactions to join the iconic Like button. The new options are Love, Haha, Wow, Sad, and Angry, and each reaction is represented by an animated button on a menu that pops up with the Like button is selected. Every day, people come to Facebook to discover what’s […]

Big Thick Ideas host Zack Willis shares some research that helps explain the phenomena of “esca-stopping,” or people stopping at the end of an escalator. Willis calls esca-stopping the new manspreading or shebagging, and it is another example of a frustrating travel faux pas. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Throwing Rocks At The Google Bus, new book from author Douglas Rushkoff, addresses the very timely issue of the socio-economic split between ongoing advances in technology and and the staid manner in which these very advances are implemented and communicated throughout the population. When protesters shattered the windows of a bus carrying Google employees to […]

Designer Mao Yamamoto has created a clever set of earplugs in which one plug is shaped like the front end of a dachshund and the other is shaped like the back end. When put to use, the pair gives the funny illusion that a little doxie dog has marched right through a person’s brain. The […]

SciShow host Michael Aranda explains why humans and some species of animal sneeze. The simple and long-standing explanation is that a sneeze clears irritants out of the nose and sinuses, but Aranda points out that there might be more to it than that.

In honor of the Pokémon video game series turning 20 this week, Digg senior editor Bryan Menegus edited together a compilation video featuring over 100 of the games that has kept the fun-filled series going strong throughout the years.

A tiny baby bunny who was found half-frozen in the snow and lost the use of his legs most likely due to being bitten by a larger rabbit, is now able to scoot around the house thanks to a modified toy skateboard that cost one dollar. The humans at Overlook Acres, a fully functioning farm […]