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In the latest episode of PBS Game/Show, host Jamin Warren explains how the ever-evolving state of modern language changes the value of points within the game of Scrabble thus changing how the game is played. As language has changed over the years, Scrabbles’s famous point system has become flawed. The commonness of letters has changed, […]

Online novelty retailer Archie McPhee is currently selling a realistic full-head Dove Mask, which is perfect for being released at a winter white wedding and/or perhaps welcoming world peace into the New Year although an olive branch is not included. Imagine some friends of yours are getting married and they say “I do” and kiss […]

In a very timely episode for the American Thanksgiving holiday, the yummy video series “How to Cake It“, talented Canadian baker Yolanda Gampp demonstrated how to bake a cake that looks like a juicy roasted turkey complete with all the fixings, the perfect dessert for a Thanksgiving feast. It’s Thanksgiving this month. Correction: American Thanksgiving. […]

Junior, the sonant French bulldog performed a duet of sorts with his human Emanuele Tiburzio, to a cover version of the Rihanna hit ballad “Diamonds” while driving in their car. While Tiburzio was the more sonorous of the two, Junior definitely got a few bars in here and there. via Vulture

image via The Gay Beards Glitter Beard is a new beauty trend on Instagram featuring men who show off their festive beards that are covered in sparkly glitter. Just in time for the holiday season. Portland, Oregon-based Brian and Johnathan of The Gay Beards shared fantastic images of their beards and a tutorial video showing […]

xkcd has launched a hoverboard browser game to celebrate the release of creator Randall Monroe‘s new book Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words which we have covered previously. The book explains complex ideas using only the 1,000 most frequently used English words. Players move the stick figure riding a hoverboard using the arrow keys, but the world […]

The short animation “Einstein 100 – Theory of General Relativity” amusingly celebrates 100 years of Albert Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. The film, which was animated by Eion Duffy, features actor David Tennant buoyantly explaining, in his beautiful Scottish lilt, how Einstein’s unhappiness with Sir Isaac Newton‘s “Law of Gravitation” led to the great physicist […]

A pet chicken named James rode around the living room on a Roomba robot vacuum without ruffling a single feather. According to his human, James somehow started the Roomba himself. I’m in the laundry and I hear the robot vacuum cleaner going which I found confusing as I was home alone! This is what I […]

Andy Schneider and Jonathan Britnell of Burger Fiction have created a new supercut video featuring even more people using improbable weapons in films. Movie characters are taken out with paper clips, chickens, telephones, and more.

Adele joined Jimmy Fallon and The Roots for a classroom instrument version of her hit song “Hello” during her recent appearance on The Tonight Show. For comparison, here is the original music video for “Hello.”

On a recent Star Wars-themed episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Harrison Ford (Han Solo) and Chewbacca settle their ongoing feud. Host Jimmy Kimmel then shared a compilation video featuring different objects that sound like Chewie’s iconic roar, a Star Wars edition of Lie Witness News, and more.

Animals get dressed up in costumes and sweaters to pose for the camera in a new “Holiday Greeting” promo for the upcoming film The Secret Lives of Pets by the creators of Despicable Me. The animated feature focuses on what pets do while their owners are away and features the voices of Louis C.K., Ellie Kemper, […]

A young girl with a highly organized life plan makes an unexpected friend in the first trailer for The Little Prince, a new animated feature based on the classic book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The film stars the voices of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, James Franco, Marion Cotillard, and Bud Cort, and it will be released in […]

Marvel has released the first trailer for Captain America: Civil War, the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. The trailer features members of the Avengers fighting each other after Captain America and Iron Man stop seeing eye to eye. Captain America: Civil War is currently scheduled to hit […]

“It Only Takes a Second” is a PSA parody by DadDudes that warns fathers not to “text and dad” to avoid dangerous outcomes like refrigerator children and stolen pizza. via Tastefully Offensive

In the latest episode of the yummy video series “How to Cake It“, talented baker Yolanda Gampp demonstrated how to make a double cheeseburger cake. Gampp cleverly used vanilla cake for the bun, chocolate for the burger patties, buttercream for the mustard and candy for the relish. And of course, Gampp made a side of […]

In “Could You Survive a Fallout?” Vsauce3 host Jake Roper takes a close look at the longterm aftermath of a nuclear explosion while walking through a world very similar to that of the recently released video game Fallout 4. The video explains the historic context of the Castle Bravo explosion, as well as the dangers posed hundreds and […]

A few weeks ago, in honor of National Beer Day, skilled guitar-builder and maker Jimmy DiResta demonstrated via time-lapse video how to make ten different bottle openers out of random items found in his toolbox plus the use of his amazing assortment of power tools. In honor of National American Beer Day, I made ten […]

Linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually explain the fascinating history of why Germany has so many different names in what seems to be just as many different languages. Why Are There So Many Different Names for Germany? Germany. Allemagne. Tyskland. Saksa. Niemcy. Deutschland. So many names for one country. So many […]

Daniel Riley of Stratus Productions has built an intensely bright 1,000W LED flashlight capable of putting out 90,000 lumens. Riley posted a video explaining how he built the light and included a number of impressive examples of his light compared to other light sources like a commercial flashlight and car headlights. via reddit

High speed footage shot by Nao Ota of Hokkaido University captured the incredible sight of a blue-capped cordon-bleu performing a lightning-quick courtship tap dance that is invisible to the naked eye. The dance was discovered during a study performed by Nao Ota, Manfred Gahr and Masayo Soma at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology The […]

Filmmakers Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski of Corridor Digital recently teamed up with Andrew McMurry of AndrewMFilms to created “Wizard Cops,” an amusing live-action special effects video about two wizard police officers who patrol the streets and use their magic to bust any questionable Wiccan thugs that get in their way. music by Casey Edwards […]

Tech Tats are a new category of biowearable technology that are applied directly to the skin like a temporary tattoo. Designer Eric Schneider explains the Tech Tat wearables being developed at Chaotic Moon Studios in a video produced by the company. Thanks Scott Devaney!

The Onion nails it in this article from early 2014: “Distant Planet Terrified It Might Be Able To Someday Support Human Life” The 5.2-billion-year-old celestial body, which is located roughly 1,100 light years from Earth, said that for both its own sake and that of its entire solar system, it can only hope to never […]

The Chuppon Self Watering Animal Planter is an adorable set of ceramic animals that sip through a straw whenever the plants in their respective backpacks get a little thirsty. There are four of these cultivational critters to choose from; each of them just waiting to brighten up office spaces and window sillsthe world over. Product […]

The private spaceflight company Blue Origin has made history on by landing a reusable New Shepherd rocket after if flew to space, reaching an altitude of 329,839 feet before making its return trip. As SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pointed out in response to Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos‘ tweet announcing the event, New Shepherd is not the […]

ThinkGeek has released a Giant Death Star Mood Light that changes color via remote control and is built for both indoor and outdoor use. The durable Star Wars light, which can also be used as a chair or a footstool, is currently available to purchase online. You know, originally, the Death Star was designed as […]

On a special Star Wars edition of Will It Blend?, Blendtec founder Tom Dickson blends up the much loathed Jar Jar Binks by pushing the “Meesa gonna die!” button on the blender.

Dave Hax shares some simple strategies and tips on how to win a game of Tic-Tac-Toe.

In early 2015, Bill Moore, a 90-year old veteran of World War II in the Denver, Colorado area, tearfully read aloud a letter that he’d written to Bernadean Gibson, his late wife of 63 years, when he was fighting abroad in 1945. The letter was found inside the sleeve of a record bought at a […]

A tiny orange tabby kitten thought he’d be getting the best of his feline sibling by hiding behind a wall and then unexpectedly jumping out. Unfortunately, the older, black cat was more familiar with the floor plan and quietly snuck up behind the teeny tabby from the other side of the wall. The startled kitten […]

Screen Junkies gives their brutal Honest Trailers treatment to the trailer for 2015 Fantastic Four film. In a world full of terrible Fantastic Four movies, get ready…for another terrible Fantastic Four movie. But this one’s dark! Fant4stic!

Anthony Vincent of Ten Second Songs performed covers of “Hello” by Adele in 25 different musical styles.

Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson has announced the new cast of the show including Felicia Day who will be playing Kinga Forrester, the new “Mad” and daughter of Dr. Clayton Forrester, the show’s original antagonist. She gave a brief interview about the new role on her site Geek & Sundry. Day will be joined by […]

Andy Farrant and Mike Channell of Outside Xbox, both big Fallout 4 fans, concocted a real life “Dirty Wastelander” cocktail at their collective cooking station. The duo combined whisky with muddled “mutfruit” (non-irradiated blackberries) and faux “Nuka-Cola” – stirred, not shaken. Team member Jane Douglas pronounced the drink to be “lumpy, but really nice.” images […]

Comedian Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant recently left a collection of funny fake Black Friday ads at a local Target store. The full series of made-up ads are available to view on the Obvious Plant blog. images via Obvious Plant

A sweet little blonde chihuahua named Daisy, who has underdeveloped front legs that make her hop like a bunny and terrific underbite, underwent an incredible journey which finally culminated with Daisy’s ability to run with other dogs. Daisy started off with a wheelchair and then moved to different versions of custom prosthetic legs – until […]

“NeuralTalk and Walk” is a video by artist and coder Kyle McDonald created by running a modified version of the NeuralTalk neural network image captioner code by Andrej Karpathy on an open laptop and walking the streets. The computer tries to identify objects seen by the camera in real-time as McDonald moves around busy streets. via Prosthetic Knowledge

An adorably happy golden hamster named Mike enjoyed a juicy carrot slice while snuggled sideways inside his bountiful bed. Mike really, really loves carrots. via Tastefully Offensive

The online comedy group PistolShrimps has created a fantastic parody of The Hunger Games film series revealing that Katniss Everdeen actually loved pita bread, not Peeta Mellark. Katniss is crazy about Pita.

Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer of Broad City celebrate Rise of the Tomb Raider by climbing a harrowing mountain and some scaffolding. The video combined shots of Jacobson and Glazer with actual gameplay footage, and the process can be seen in a behind-the-scenes video. Rise of the Tomb Raider is out now, and the new season of Broad […]

Tripp Crosby and Tyler Stanton of Tripp and Tyler perform a series of mildly impressive everyday stunts that they record on a “NoPro” camera. The project is a parody of the ubiquitous extreme stunt GoPro videos posted to YouTube and features Tripp and Tyler showing off tricks like “The Brush Flip,” “The Pen Twirl,” and “The Double Stair Skip.”

Figure Fantasy is a photo book by Canadian photographer Daniel Picard featuring his images of iconic comic book and movie action figures that are digitally placed in funny everyday settings. Daniel‘s book is currently available to purchase on Amazon. images via Daniel Picard Photography via Feature Shoot

Pop music cover band Postmodern Jukebox and singer Sara Niemietz recently performed an electrifying jazz cover of the Pokemon animated television show theme song. Postmodern Jukebox‘s new cover is available to purchase online via iTunes. The original theme song for comparison:

Diane Bullock and Mike Schuster created a kooky movie remix for Vulture that combines audio from The Force Awakens trailers and footage from the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. The Holiday Special featured such off-brand spectacles as a performance by Jefferson Starship and a bit where Bea Arthur talks to a giant space-rat. But guess […]

An oddly blindfolded David Bowie sings of his execution in the video for “Black Star“, the new single off his forthcoming album, which is available for pre-order with delivery on January 8, 2016.

Matthew McConaughey plays a slightly off 3D-printed man in a sketch from the November 21, 2015 episode of Saturday Night Live which he hosted. McConaughey is presented by Cecily Strong who asks the audience to pick him out of a panel with Beck Bennett and Taran Killam.

A patient Australian Shepherd named Oshie stood absolutely still while his human Sara stacked a whole bunch of bone-shaped doggie treats onto on his nose, head and feet. It was only once Sara said it was okay that Oshie let the treats drop to the floor for his own enjoyment. In April 2014, Oshie joyfully […]

In an effort to get people to drink more water and actually enjoy doing so, founders Isaac Lavi, Ori Mendelevich and Erez Rubenstein have created “The Right Cup“, drinking glasses that are infused with the scent of fruit to trick the brain into thinking the water is flavored. The overall flavor experience is a result […]

WordPress.com has launched a rebuilt open-source version of their popular blogging platform as well as a new WordPress.com desktop app that will allow users to write, read, and comment on posts. The new project is codenamed Calypso, and is available now to download for Mac with Windows and Linux version due out soon. Automattic and WordPress.com founder […]