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by Scott Beale on (#T1SS)
This scooter became way more impressive thanks to the passenger playing a trombone. via reddit
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by Glen Tickle on (#T1SV)
Larry David reprised his role as Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders during the “MSNBC Forum†opening sketch of the November 7, 2015 episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Republican candidate Donald Trump. On a previous episode of SNL, Larry David played Bernie Sanders in a spoof of the Democratic Presidential Debate.
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by Scott Beale on (#T1SX)
Dave Hax shows how to make an emergency spare key using a lighter, tape and a food can lid. This tutorial shows you how to make a print of an original padlock key, and transfer it onto the lid of a food can. You can then cut out your own DIY spare key and use […]
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by Justin Page on (#T1PZ)
Freelance editor and reviewer Mr. Sunday Movies has created a new video where he points out hidden Easter eggs and references from the Japanese trailer for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens that people may have missed. The original Japanese trailer for reference:
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by Justin Page on (#T1Q1)
A new television spot for J. J. Abrams‘ upcoming film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, offers great new footage of Rey and the voice of Lupita Nyong’o as Maz Kanata. The Force Awakens is scheduled to land in theaters on December 18th, 2015.
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by Glen Tickle on (#T1Q3)
“Later That Same Life†is a project by Stoney Emshwiller that he began 38 years ago at the age of 18 by recording half of a one-on-one interview with his future self and a variety of reactions to the possible answers. Emshwiller, now 56, is raising funds on RocketHub to finish the other half of the […]
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by Scott Beale on (#T1KV)
Screen Rant host Rob Flis shares several movies that ended up predicting other films. No writer can predict the future, but in today’s world, it’s almost impossible to tell a story without injecting pop culture references somewhere. They aren’t always used properly, but sometimes, an inside joke or throwaway line from a writer, director or […]
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by Scott Beale on (#SWKY)
thepeterson imagines a nightmare scenario for the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie.
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by Scott Beale on (#SWM0)
Stephen Colbert shares the 2nd volume of TED Talks that didn’t make the cut during the new segment “RejecTED†on The Late Show. Here’s volume one. Not every TED talk sees the light of day, and that’s wrong. Fortunately, Stephen has unearthed some heretofore hidden gems.
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by Scott Beale on (#SWM2)
Screen Rant host Rob Flis shares their picks for 10 of the best movies that were never made. With countless movies filmed and released every year, it’s strange to think that one of cinemas greatest achievements could be taking shape at any given moment. But for every movie that makes it to theaters, there are […]
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by Scott Beale on (#STYA)
The Woodcreek Faction presents the third Republican Presidential debate with all the debating removed.
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by Scott Beale on (#STQ7)
Movie critic Peter K. Rosenthal of The Onion’s Film Standard reviews the new James Bond film Spectre.
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by Glen Tickle on (#STQ9)
“How Listerine Created Bad Breath†is a clip from Adam Conover‘s hilariously informative TruTV series Adam Ruins Everything. In the clip, Conover explains how the company used advertising to exploit people’s insecurities and create the concept of bad breath by coining the term “halitosis.â€
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by Scott Beale on (#STQB)
Stephen Colbert and Bryan Cranston lie on the grass of a hillside, gaze at the stars and ponder “The Big Questions†of the universe on a recent episode of The Late Show.
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by Scott Beale on (#STMX)
The Star Wars BB-8 droid toy by Sphero gets a big surprise when it starts playing with a marble. Inquisitive and adorable, BB-8 by Sphero is a little Droid exploring a brave new world. See what happens when an Astromech Droid from a galaxy far, far away finds a marble.
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by Glen Tickle on (#STMZ)
Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Jimmy Fallon star in the short-lived 1990s soap opera Tensions on The Tonight Show.
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by Scott Beale on (#STN1)
“That tickles!†Louis Skebo of PowerModz used a 2,500 horsepower jet engine attached to a the back of a truck to completely incinerate a Tickle Me Elmo doll that he gleefully strapped to a metal pole. via GIPHY via Esquire
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by Glen Tickle on (#STJJ)
There has been a long-standing debate about whether a hot dog qualifies as a sandwich. Everyone from celebrity chef Alton Brown to comedian Hannibal Buress have given their opinion, and the debate is a matter of settled law on John Hodgman‘s Judge John Hodgman podcast, dating back to his ruling in a 2014 columnette in the New York Times Magazine. […]
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by Justin Page on (#STJM)
Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures have released the first official trailer for Warcraft, their upcoming live-action fantasy film based off of Blizzard Entertainment‘s popular massively multiplayer online role-playing video game World of Warcraft. The new movie, directed by Duncan Jones (son of David Bowie and director of the films Moon and Source Code), follows the […]
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by Justin Page on (#STE4)
Winnipeg-based guitarist and songwriter Steve Onotera (a.k.a. “samuraiguitarist“) recently performed a fantastic multitrack cover of the song “Believe“, originally recorded by Cher in 1998. Steve‘s cover is currently available to purchase online from iTunes and Loudr. The original “Believe†music video for comparison:
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by Justin Page on (#STE6)
Beat Down Boogie has created a new music video that features 30 fun-filled minutes of cosplay footage from Dragon Con 2015, the “largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film†convention in Atlanta. We previously wrote about Beat Down Boogie’s shortened “Follow Me†music video […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#STBQ)
“Don’t worry, I’m wearing,†stars Japanese comedian Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura as he dons his underpants to demonstrate poses that make him appear completely naked including the fleeting “Spiderman, butt naked.†via reddit
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by Justin Page on (#ST8T)
Walt Disney Studios Japan has released a new trailer for J.J. Abrams‘ upcoming film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, that is packed full of new footage for fans to enjoy and analyze. The trailer features more talking from BB-8, Chewbacca blowing things up, Kylo Ren threatening Rey with his lightsaber, and much more. The Force […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#ST5Z)
Skydiver Brianne Thompson, an instructor at Axis Flight School, lit her parachute on fire mid-flight with a flare gun to teach an important safety lesson about the necessity of backup parachutes. Once her first shoot burns away Thompson deploys her backup to continue her descent. via Outside, Daily of the Day, Neatorama
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by Glen Tickle on (#ST09)
The latest addition to the Real Cushion series from Japanese retailer Rakuten is a detailed neck pillow designed to look like a giant comfortable shrimp. The pillow measures approximately 30cm by 40cm and could serve as a unique bit of comfort for long plane rides or other forms of travel. photos via Ratuken via RocketNews24
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by Justin Page on (#SST0)
Los Angeles-based filmmaker Pablo Fernández Eyre has created a wonderful side-by-side comparison of the visual similarities between George Miller‘s new film, Mad Max: Fury Road, and his classic Mad Max movie trilogy from the 1970s and 1980s.
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by Justin Page on (#SST2)
On a recent episode of The Late Show, Daniel Craig got into character as James Bond and tried to rent a car from Randy (Stephen Colbert) the rental car employee during a great Spectre comedy sketch. Bond wrecks pretty much every beautiful car that he gets his secret service hands on and Randy knows it. […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#SST4)
A beautiful photo shared by redditor bic_mac_heart_attack shows a rare Fallstreak hole cloud formation over Victoria, Australia. These unusual formations are caused when the temperature of the water droplets in the cloud is below freezing but does not freeze. image via big_mac_heart_attack via reddit
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by Glen Tickle on (#SSPW)
My Wife’s Lovers by Austrian painter Carl Kahler is a massive six-foot by eight-and-a-half-foot painting that recently sold at Sotheby’s auction for $826,000 in New York City. The 1891 painting was commissioned for Kate Birdsall Johnson by her husband who gave the work its wry title in reference to his wife’s love of cats. Johnson owned […]
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by Justin Page on (#SSKS)
Goliath is an adorable little calf who was rescued by Danville, California-based owner Shaylee Hubbs and her family from a dairy farm that had plans to slaughtering him. According to ABC News, Goliath does not think that he is a cow as at all though. The Hubbs family raised the calf around their three dogs […]
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by Scott Beale on (#SSGN)
Screen Rant host Rob Flis takes a look at several episodes of kids television shows that were banned and probably should have never aired. It’s not an easy job teaching children right from wrong, or the tough truths of the word, let alone keep them entertained. Sometimes, a TV shows attempts to grab attention (or […]
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by Justin Page on (#SSGQ)
The Monster Project is an awesome collaboration among skilled artist from around the world who recreate drawings, created by elementary school students, in their own styles to help teach the kids about the importance of creativity and imagination. The massive team behind the project are currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help expand to other […]
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‘The Man on the Moon’, A Touching Christmas Ad About a Young Girl Befriending an Old Man on the Moon
by Glen Tickle on (#SSGS)
“The Man on the Moonr†is the latest annual Christmas advertisement for British department store John Lewis in which a young girl named Lily befriends an old man who lives on the Moon with a special Christmas gift. The company has also released a mobile game based on the story in bother the Google Play Store […]
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by Scott Beale on (#SSGV)
In the latest space-themed explainer video by Fusion, Kip Thorne, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus, at Caltech explains wormholes in under three minutes. If you’re a fan of science fiction, you may have already heard of wormholes: passageways through space-time that are essentially shortcuts between distant points in the universe. What you may not […]
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by Justin Page on (#SSE3)
In a new video by Screen Rant, host Rob Flis shares the top ten deleted scenes from the Star Wars film series that you may have missed. The Star Wars saga is one of the best-known in the entire history of cinema, as a fan-favorite of every generation – and a brand new trilogy aiming […]
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by Scott Beale on (#SQNT)
Wired had some fun destroying a Star Wars LEGO AT-ST Walker (aka “Chicken Walkerâ€) in slow motion using a pair of swinging plastic logs, just like the Ewoks did on Endor in Return of the Jedi. Here’s the behind-the-scenes video on how they pulled it off.
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by Scott Beale on (#SQNW)
Pablo Fernández Eyre created a second wonderful video of movie posters that appear to come to life using film footage that matches the poster image. Here’s the first video he created in the series.
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by Lori Dorn on (#SQM5)
Israeli architects HQA, a creative shop known for their large scale creative designs, created “Warde“, an open air installation at Jerusalem’s Valero Square that features giant red flower streetlights that bloom and wilt in accordance with the sound and movement of the street. The installation debuted in November 2014 as a part of an urban […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#SQJA)
750 Years in Paris by French illustrator Vincent Mahé is a beautiful visual tribute to the changing architecture and tumultuous history of Paris as told through a single building site, commencing in 1265 and culminating in 2015. A literary graphic novel unlike anything else on the racks, 750 Years tells the story of our time, […]
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by Scott Beale on (#SQFZ)
Brandon Kutzke enlisted his cat to help pull an electronics cable through a hole. Now that’s teamwork! via reddit
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by Lori Dorn on (#SQDT)
Several years ago, retired orthopedic surgeon and kayaker David Bahnson decided that he wanted to bring along his two golden retrievers, Susie and Ginger, to ride along with him on the water. He ordered a kit from Pygmy Boats and made special modifications in order to accommodate his beloved canines. Bahnson spoke with The Dodo […]
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by Scott Beale on (#SQBK)
Bethesda has released a Fallout 4 Pip-Boy app, based on the Pip-Boy device used in the video game, that syncs and interacts with the game on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. The app also includes the “Atomic Command†mini-game which is heavily inspired by the classic arcade game “Missile Commandâ€. Away from your game […]
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A Chinese Team Sets the New Guinness World Record for Furthest Distance Covered by a Quadruped Robot
by Glen Tickle on (#SQBN)
A team at the College of Automation of Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications has set a new Guinness world record for the Furthest Distance Covered by a Quadruped Robot. Their robot, named Xingzhe No.1, walked an incredible 83.28 miles over the course of 54 hours 34 minutes on a single charge.
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by Scott Beale on (#SQBQ)
Raw Art presents “Drugsâ€, a fantastic juggling routine by [3J] set to the song “Drugs†by Ratatat. via Adam Savage
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by Glen Tickle on (#SQ8F)
A breakfast robot makes a mess while attempting to feed its creator Simone Giertz a bowl of cereal. Giertz outlines her process in an article on Motherboard where she includes a video demonstrating a dry run of the routine and a much less messy machine test. Giertz seems keen on having machines perform her morning routine. […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#SQ8H)
When a happy pet pig named Willow caught a glimpse of a pile of freshly raked autumn leaves, he turned a few excited circles and then gleefully jumped right in. According to Willow’s human, this was the first time that Willow had ever seen a pile of leaves. It seems that Willow loves to turn […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#SQ8K)
Six teeny tiny African Pygmy hedgehogs siblings found that their human‘s baking tin was the perfect size for them to deliciously curl up and take a nap, making them appear as if they were warm prickly muffins coming fresh out of the oven. Check out these adorable hedgie muffins! Some are sleeping, some are waking […]
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by Justin Page on (#SQ8N)
The Guardian Shield is an everyday citizen turned real-life superhero who is based out of Beaverton, Oregon. Shield works a normal job by day and puts on his red spandex suit to patrol local neighbors by night. His complete crime fighting arsenal consists of a ballistic shield, a stun gun, batons, some pepper spray, a […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#SQ5E)
A recent episode of the PBS Nature series “Pets – Wild at Heart†focused on the incredible skeletal flexibility of domestic hamsters using moving x-rays of the animal as he burrowed through a plastic tunnel. The x-ray also captured the staggering amount of food the hamster was able to fit into his cheeks, which are […]
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by Justin Page on (#SQ35)
The Weinstein Company has released a bloody new official trailer for The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino‘s upcoming eighth feature film that is about a group of dangerous individuals who are trapped together in a post-Civil War Wyoming. The trailer gives us a glimpse at how the eight hateful soles face plenty of betrayal and deception […]
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