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The New Yorker has released a special animated video for the “Mirror” cover by cartoonist Chris Ware in collaboration with This American Life for the December 7, 2015 issue. The cartoon visualizes a story by Hanna Rosin that was recorded for the recent This American Life episode “Regrets, I’ve Had a Few” but did not make the final […]

The West Japan Railway Company recently partnered with the Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe, Japan, to implement a strategy to make the tracks safer for native turtles who often get caught between the rails when trying to cross. Stuck turtles create a hazard, not only to themselves, but also can cause dangerous situations for the […]

Adam Sandler recently debuted “Chanukah Song Part 4” at a live show in San Diego. The song is the fourth installment in Sandler’s series of Chanukah songs listing famous Jewish people. The original version of the song premiered on the December 3, 1994 episode of Saturday Night Live. Part 2 was recorded for Sandler’s album Stan and […]

They Might Be Giants has released their new kids album Why?, which is now available as a CD and digital download bundle and digital download only, as well as on iTunes and Amazon. At last! TMBG is returning to the world of kids stuff! You might have heard some of the tracks previewed on Dial-A-Song, […]

While vacationing in the Bahamas with his friend Scott, an amusingly stubborn man named John repeatedly responded in kind to a playful dolphin at Dolphin Encounters, who spit water at him whenever he went in for a kiss. On our recent cruise to the Bahamas, we went on a Dolphin Encounter off an island near […]

The online retailer Steiff Shop is offering an Alpaca Teddy Taurus, a half-teddy bear/half-horse stuffed toy. The hybrid creature is made of alpaca and features posable wires in the legs. The Steiff Shop website lists the item as a Steiff product, but we were unable to find the Teddy Taurus listed on the official Steiff site. photo […]

A giant Gingko tree released its brilliant leaves to create a beautiful golden rug in the gardens of an ancient temple perched in the Zhongnan Mountains near Xi’an, China. images via Yicai via Fuck Yeah Chinese, Colossal

Showtime by Cuddly Rigor Mortis Crazy 4 Cult 9 is the ninth annual group art show at Gallery1988 (West) in Los Angeles that features a wonderful collection of “cult movie-inspired artwork” created by talented artists. The exhibit opened on Friday, November 20th, 2015 and will be on display until Saturday, December 5th. Artwork from the […]

While on fishing trip with his father and a friend, Steve Boer captured incredible footage of the extraordinary aquatic animals, including whales, dolphins and seals, who decided to accompany the men on their surprising nautical adventure. Went fishing with my dad and a friend. We didn’t catch much but saw this instead. via reddit

Craig Benzine (aka WheezyWaiter) takes a look at how eating popcorn became a tradition at movie theaters on the latest episode of “Big Questions” by Mental Floss.

Ian W Arsenault created a supercut of every sweeping aerial shot used in season 2 of True Detective. via Ryan Freitas

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released the new Raspberry Pi Zero, a miniature $5 computer that is smaller and more powerful than the original Raspberry Pi. The new device features a 1GHz ARM11 core processor that is 40% faster than the original, 512MB RAM, and an identical 40-pin GPIO header to other Raspberry Pi models, all measuring just 65mm […]

EmperorTigerstar created a fascinating visualization showing how the front lines of the American Civil War changed every day, from the secession of the Confederacy until their surrender, reuniting with the Union. Maroon = Confederate States of America and territories Red = Areas occupied by Confederate forces Pink = Gains for that Day Dark Blue = […]

Kansas City-based rapper Mac Lethal recently performed an insanely fast rap song in the time it take him to microwave a bag of popcorn. He keeps it creative by dropping rhymes with lyrics like “Iggy Pop,” “Pop-Tarts,” “popsicle stick,” and more.

Jeremy Clarkson explains the Amazon Prime Air drove delivery service in a new video by Amazon that uses footage of a package delivery drone in flight. Amazon says the service will deliver goods to customers in 30 minutes or less, and although there is no firm launch date in place the Amazon Prime Air site […]

“Cokebacca” is a video, shared by Johannes Hansen, featuring a can of Coke that sounds a lot like Chewbacca when slowly pushed across a table. We previously wrote about a toilet paper dispenser that sounds like Chewbacca. via reddit

The dark side comes full circle in a new television spot released for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, titled “All the Way.” The TV spot features Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) responding with a gritty “yes” when asked if he has felt the awakening in the force. The Force Awakens is currently set to invade theaters […]

They Might Be Giants has released “Apophenia”, the new music video that was created for week 47 of their year-long Dial-A-Song Direct series.

101 Facts presents 101 Facts About Pixar. Toys. Fish. Robots. Monsters. Feels. Not just my Christmas list but an abridged list of all the fine-crafted stories in Pixar’s arsenal. But 101 Facts is here to show you behind the curtain and beyond the toybox and give you some of the finest facts that the Pixarverse […]

Imperfect Produce is a wonderful startup that rescues perfectly good, healthy and fresh fruits and veggies from being thrown away due to cosmetic reasons. The company buys the malformed items at a discount from local farms and passes it along to their customers through subscription delivery. Currently, delivery is limited to the San Francisco Bay […]

A pair of slightly disembodied, rhythmic hands played a rousing rendition of Mozart‘s “Turkish March” using both the contents and the containers of canned cranberry sauce as instruments in a very creative Thanksgiving message from the folks at 1620 Media submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

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In a previous episode of How Does It Grow from 2014, host Nicole Cotroneo Jolly visited the Lee Brothers cranberry farm in Chatsworth, New Jersey to find out how the natively American fruit grows, how it’s farmed and why water plays such a big role. Cranberries grow on low trailing vines in something that’s called […]

“I Sit Around” by pilot Mike Wagner is a parody of the Beach Boys song “I Get Around” about all the waiting pilots do between flights. Wagner is clearly a Beach Boys fan, as he also parodied the band’s song “Kokomo” with a song about Teterboro Airport. He also parodied Justin Timberlake and Justin Bieber […]

A 69-year old man named Otis Johnson, who was recently let out of prison after serving 44 years for the attempted murder of a police officer, is currently trying to adjust to a very changed modern world from the one he had left almost half a century ago. In an interview with Al-Jazeera, Johnson spoke […]

A beer placed on the gun of a moving tank rests without spilling in an impressive display of engineering. via reddit

On the day that Marshall and Addie Burnette got married at the top of Roan Mountain in Tennessee , their beautiful dog Ryder acted as the videographer, filming the entire snowy winter wedding from her own perspective with a GoPro Camera strapped to her collar. On November 2nd, 2014, Addie and I got married on […]

Why am I stealing from my friends? “Fake Venmo Will Save You So Much Money” is a sketch by CollegeHumor that highlights Fake Venmo, an app designed to make it look like a person is sending money to a friend through Venmo without actually transferring any funds.

Savannah, Georgia-based father and artist Bob Clagett of I Like to Make Stuff has released a wonderful step-by-step tutorial on how to create ridiculously large lightsabers. His entire collection of steps are available to view on the I Like to Make Stuff website. There’s not a whole lot to say here… I mean, they’re GIANT […]

A young child makes short work of their chores by driving a Power Wheels car equipped with a gas-powered leaf blower in a video posted by Jarrad Provost. via reddit

Amsterdam is a city widely known for the crazy amount of ubiquitous bicycles that reside above ground, but less-publicized are the unfortunate ones that meet their end at the bottom of a canal. In 2011, Isabelle Harder captured fascinating footage of a giant claw machine perched atop a barge that was dredging bicycles up from […]

How It Should Have Ended gives their animated interpretation of how Star Wars: Attack of The Clones should have ended. There were far too many scenes to cover in Star Wars Attack of the Clones. Like why doesn’t anyone follow the money trail when the clone army is discovered being ordered by a long dead […]

The Amsterdam-based company, Snurk, has created a fantastic Star Wars-themed bedding that turns kids into either Darth Vader or Chewbacca. The Darth Vader and Chewie bedding sets are available to purchase online from the J.Crew website. images via J.Crew via Geekologie

Google is asking users to choose between the Light and Dark Sides of the Force to awaken Star Wars-themed features across a variety of their apps and services. Users can unlock things like special Gmail backgrounds, Maps icons, and YouTube timelines that differ depending on which side of the Force they choose. Google also shows […]

Mr. Sunday Movies points out some of the easter eggs and hidden references in the newly released trailer for the upcoming Marvel film Captain America: Civil War.

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