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In a video for StarTalk on the National Geographic Channel, host Neil deGrasse Tyson explained the reason for leap years and why February 29, 2000 was exceptionally rare.

In the first part of his Americapox series, the CGP Grey explained how certain diseases were brought to the New World via newly domesticated animals. The second part of the series explains the four different factors of domestication (friendly, feedable, fecund, family friendly), why certain species that lent themselves to to domestication while others did […]

Graham Norton presents all the best moments from season 18 of The Graham Norton Show.

Artists Moise(Art404), John Yuni, and Tom Galle have created the Macbook Selfie Stick, an exaggerated device made for taking selfies with a laptop at the end of a long pole. photos via Macbook Selfie Stick via PetaPixel

Animals are my world Mark Imhof aka Mark the Dog Guy, a compassionate New York City man who runs a full service pet grooming company, generously donates his time and his skills to the Manhattan and Brooklyn branches of Animal Care and Control to provide much need haircuts to shelter dogs in order to make […]

Wonderful fashion designer, mixed artist, and cosplay model Kay Pike has created a fantastic new time lapse video that features Kay painting a Poison Ivy costume on her own body at 1,000x speed. Pike captured the footage while she was streaming live on Twitch. Her entire collection of Poison Ivy photos are available on Imgur […]

On a special “After the Oscars” episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Ben Affleck sat down with host Jimmy Kimmel and revealed a fake deleted scene from the upcoming film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The hilarious bonus scene — starring Affleck, Henry Cavill, Jesse Eisenberg, Will Arnett, and Kimmel — features Jimmy being a […]

Longtime rivals rock, paper, and scissors come together in a new commercial for Android. Rock, Paper and Scissors don’t have much in common, but that won’t stop them. Be Together. #NotTheSame

A sweet blind baby blue penguin named Blindy went swimming in deep water for the very first time with the assistance of his human caretaker. Blindy was born without the ability to see due a malformed head and beak which caused him to constantly swim in circles and bump the into edges of his shallow […]

The Verge has created a new video where they explore the past 20 years of the Pokémon video game series and explains how the hundreds of digital creatures took the world by storm. Pokemon celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the game’s first release in Japan. In two decades, it’s become nearly as iconic for our […]

Vanity Fair had celebrities use the MSQRD app to swap their faces with Best Actor winner Leonardo DiCaprio at the 2016 Oscars. Billy Eichner, Conan O’Brien, Judd Apatow, and more celebrities all took turns as DiCaprio and gave versions of an acceptance speech.

Vox explains how a leap year works to keep the calendar year in synch with the seasonal year.

The School of Life explores how manners have evolved over the course of human history. Looked at over time, we’re gradually picking up slightly better manners – but what are we doing now that might, in future eras, be considered bad manners?

Mariachi Entertainment System is a group of skilled musicians from San Antonio,Texas who perform mariachi-style covers of classic video game and pop culture songs. They recently played a fantastic cover of John Williams‘ epic song “The Throne Room“, which was first heard during the medal ceremony scene at the end of Star Wars: Episode IV […]

The Official Pokémon Channel has released a new video that celebrates the past 20 years of Pokémon video games. They also quickly tease the release of their next two games in the popular ongoing series, Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon. Both games will be coming to the Nintendo 3DS in Late 2016. Always there for […]

The Oscars takes a look at how the poster art has evolved for the films that have won an Academy Award for “Best Picture”.

In celebration of the The Oscars, Toscano Bricks has recreated the 2016 Best Picture nominees in LEGO. It takes a lot of bricks to build the best movies of the year… Here are the Oscars 2016 Best Picture Nominees in Lego: The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The […]

Spoiler Alert! The Fine Brothers reveal spoilers for 50 movies from 2015 in 4 minutes, all in one take.

theseheavenlybodies created a silly video dubbing in screams to replace the sounds of trains that are passing by. via reddit

Carsandwater did an experiment to see what it would sound like if a red hot nickel ball was placed on top of the strings of an acoustic and electric guitar. My Uncle suggested testing the effect heat would have on the tuning of a guitar :)”

Slate Video has compiled a wonderful collection of the cleverly cutting quips that have been uttered by Lady Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (Dame Maggie Smith) throughout the course of the entire Downton Abbey series. While the Dowager Countess says it like it is, it’s her rather stoic, proper British upper class delivery that […]

Ivan Orkin, chef and proprietor of Ivan Ramen in New York City, demonstrated for the cameras of Bon Appétit how to properly consume a steaming bowl of ramen using chopsticks and a soup ladle (no forks). The key is not try to eat neatly or quietly. Notice I take every opportunity to make noise while […]

In a bonus episode of their “100 Years of Beauty” series, WatchCut Video provides a visual history of the past 100 years of beauty in the United States as beautifully modeled side-by-side by Lester Shaw and Marshay Mitchell, whose hair and makeup were done in correlation with the trends of each decade. Fans asked, we […]

YOUMO is a smart power strip that makes use of interchangeable modules to create a custom solution to a variety of power needs. YOUMO modules include the basics like United States and European Union plug standards as well as more unique options like USB ports, speakers, lights, wireless charging stations, and even smart outlets that pairs with […]

Filmmaker Arnau Orengo has put together a rather seamless montage combining scenes from the 1996 film Fargo with scenes from both seasons of the sublime series of the same name. It was Orengo’s intent to show how the stories and the style in which they are shot are similar in nature, deriving from the same […]

“Spawtlight: The Horrible Truth About Boston” by Above Average is a parody of the movie Spotlight that uncovers the revelation that the worst thing about Boston, is Boston itself.

YouTube has added a custom blurring tool to its Creator Studio, allowing users to obscure a select object or portion of their video, even if it is moving. An earlier tool allowed creators to blur the faces of people in a video, but the new tool gives much more customization options. To use the new […]

In the latest episode of Seeker Stories, San Francisco entrepreneur and urban explorer Tim Hwang explained how he used to gain access to restricted areas by faking his credentials. Those fake credentials, however, turned into the very real community-based exploration group called Bay Area Infrastructure Observatory (BAIO), where, as he jokingly explains, he serves as […]

The Jelly Belly Candy Company has introduced a new Star Wars Jelly Bean Machine that features an awesome dark side theme and comes with a tasty one ounce bag of assorted Jelly Belly jelly beans. It is available to purchase from the Jelly Belly and Vat19 websites. That’s no moon, it’s a Jelly Belly STAR […]

If we are to continue, you must know how dangerous this is. In the newest trailerfor the third season of the deliciously spooky series “Penny Dreadful“, the highly conflicted characters give in and embrace their inner demons , even if it means being touched by Satan and frightened along the way. Season Three of Penny […]

Vox contributor Joe Posner enlisted the help of 99% Invisible host Roman Mars to investigate poorly designed doors and what can be done about them. These so-called “Norman doors” owe their name to Don Norman, author of the 1988 book The Design of Everyday Things. Posner spoke with Norman about exactly what design elements make a […]

“Super Mario Brothers Parkour 2” is the second special effects-filled video created by Dark Pixel, formerly known as Warialasky, and King Bob Videos where Mario (Calen Chan) and Luigi (Ronnie Shalvis) perform even more dangerous free running stunts in real life. We wrote about part one of Dark Pixel’s ongoing Super Mario Brothers Parkour series […]

In the latest parody of the video that Boston Dynamics released last week announcing their new version of the upright walking Atlas robot, photographer Greg Killian used the soundtrack to the famously powerful “Somewhere in America” ASPCA commercial to present the robots as animals who have suffered at the hands of abuse. While this parody […]

Kazumi Kawahara holds a special Guinness World Record for achieving the “Fastest 10-Meters While in the Box Split Position” (16.90 seconds) while on the set of Lo Show Dei Record in Rome, Italy on March 12th, 2012. Previously, Kazumi set the same record while doing a 10 meter box split race against another Japanese woman […]

Auralnauts dubbed over the recently released video demonstrating the new version of the walking humanoid Atlas robot by Boston Dynamics to create a parody horror version of the video where the robot seeks revenges against its tormenting captors while it was trying to protect the box it loves. Other artists are also having fun with the […]

This past December, the Humane Society of Missouri sponsored a beautiful event called “Deck the Howls” in which local school children each read a holiday story aloud to their assigned dog. The event not only helped to calm and socialize the adoptable pups, but it also gave the children an opportunity to practice their reading […]

JPCMHD created a compliation of some of the best Japanese television commercials from 2015. via WTF Japan Seriously

A photo posted by @apredart on Dec 17, 2015 at 11:08am PST Self-taught artist Loïc Apreda (a.k.a. “Apredart“) from Switzerland has created a cute series of illustrations that feature Rikiki, his personal little mouse character, interacting with other pop culture characters from movies and television shows. Rikiki makes his way into the worlds of Star […]

Rathergood presents the “Squid Song”, a silly little song about a squid named Ian.

Ryan Shukis has created a fantastic and suspenseful modern thriller trailer for the classic 1971 musical fantasy film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. music by Jetta – “I’d Love to Change the World” via GeekTyrant

Industrial designer Shahar Nissim has created the Egg Ninjas, an awesome set of two silicone egg holders “designed to enable easy handling of boiled eggs.” The trustworthy red and black ninjas are available to purchase from the Monkey Business website and Amazon. Ok, so boiling an egg is not the most complex of cooking chores, […]

In honor of The Oscars this Sunday, Jimmy Kimmel Live invited serveral movie stars to read mean Tweets about themselves. The Oscar ceremony is a magical night on which starving movie stars experience joy and sorrow live for all to see. While awards shows are a place where accolades are lavished upon the talented men […]

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 […]