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The classic comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail is set to receive a special 40th anniversary theatrical re-release on October 14, 2015. The theatrical re-release is in conjunction with the release of a 40th anniversary Blu-ray box set that features new artwork, a new 30-minute featurette “Monty Python and the Holy Grail at the 2015 […]

Chicago-based network engineer and arcade fan Jason Camberis spent two years creating the ARCADE DeLuxe, a massive arcade system that was declared the “Largest Arcade Machine” by Guinness World Records. The machine measures approximately 15 feet tall, 6 feet wide, and 3.5 feet deep. The fully functioning arcade machine has over 200 classic arcade games […]

With all the recent buzz about whether or not the wonderful British actor Idris Elba make a good 007, a couple of video artists at Vulture sought to answer the question. They remixed the Spectre trailer and in doing so, reimagined the Luther and The Wire star as a perfect James Bond. What if? The […]

In the official trailer for American Horror Story: Hotel, a small towheaded child runs down a busy hallway chock full of eccentric characters before culminating into a room with singer Lady Gaga dressed as a deranged bride. The series premieres on Wednesday October 7th on FX Networks.

In the latest episode of DIY Prop Shop by AWE Me, host Dustin McLean demonstrates how to make an incredibly real-looking Sonic Screwdriver as used by the 10th Incarnation of Doctor Who.

ThinkGeek has released a garden ornament featuring the Joker, from DC Comics‘ “Death of the Family” story arc, coming up out of the ground with a knife in his hand. The creepy-looking item is available to purchase online. So there was no Joker for quite a while, and then there was a LOT of Joker. […]

While riding his motorcycle cross country, a kind-hearted biker named Pat Doody came upon a badly burned orange kitten at a rest stop in Nevada and decided to take him along for the ride back to his home in New Jersey, making stops at various bike rallies along the way. Doody talked about finding “Party […]

The Cthulhu Regio and Sputnik Planum areas of Pluto. New images taken by NASA‘s New Horizons probe during its historic July 14, 2015 flyby give a detailed look at Pluto and its moons with higher resolution and more detail than ever before. New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern said of the images, Pluto is showing […]

In “Vancouver Never Plays Itself“, filmmaker Tony Zhou of Every Frame a Painting takes a look at his hometown of Vancouver and the curious way it’s used in films to portray every other city in the world except for itself. Perhaps no other city has been as thoroughly hidden from modern filmmaking as Vancouver, my […]

A beautiful dog named Bretagne was recently thrown a beautifully lavish birthday party by BarkBox in honor of her sweet 16th birthday. Bretagne, a member of Texas Task Force 1, is the last known surviving dog out of hundreds who tried to save people trapped in the ruins of the World Trade Center after the […]

“Dad Joke Survivors” is a comedy video by Nickelodeon Australia that features brave children sharing their stories of surviving terrible dad jokes. The video is from their online series Short and Funny that features short and funny comedy videos starring children.

On a recent episode of the Mashable series The Watercooler, a middle-aged Mario reflects on the traumatic life that he led in the classic Super Mario Bros. video game. Things weren’t just all peaches and 1-Ups. They created the clever short in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros.

Screen Rant has put together a series of five alternate movie endings that they feel would have radically changed the story of the film. Their list includes alternate endings to Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 28 Days Later, I Am Legend, First Blood, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 that were changed for various reasons like test audience […]

photo via DARPA New technology created by the DARPA project Revolutionizing Prosthetics allows users to experience a near-natural sense of touch with a prosthetic arm. The development gives users a literal new sense of control over their prosthetics, allowing for more precise control and manipulation of objects with the prosthetic. The sense of touch is […]

In a new video by Nintendo UK, they celebrate the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. by having Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto reveal the truth about numerous myths tied to the classic video game. Miyamoto confirms that Mario breaks bricks with his fist, reveals who Bowser Jr.‘s mother really is, and more. via Motherboard

Eurogamer released two videos where Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo designer Takashi Tezuka explain how the most iconic level in Super Mario Bros., World 1-1, was made. Miyamoto and Tezuka go on to talk about what their most memorable projects were to work on throughout their impressive careers. We asked Miyamoto to walk us […]

After conquering the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the Maze Runners of Quiznos Toasty TV were mercilessly thrown into the dusty streets of Black Rock City, Nevada, a city that only exists during the annual Burning Man event. After being given their brand new playa names, the runners soon encountered a unicorn car, a […]

Designer Marios Karystios and his team have created a limited supply of gorgeously meta ceramic olives, in both green and black, to house Gino’s Garden Organic Olive Oil, a unique and organic cold pressed olive oil from the Ain el Rihaneh region in Lebanon. In order to reflect the organic approach and limited production, a […]

National Geographic has put together a really adorable compilation that shows the way different animals sleep and how their bodies have adapted over time to accommodate their respective slumbering positions. All animals need to get their Z’s, but some of them do so in more unusual ways than others. Watch and learn fun facts about […]

The National Parks Service has honored the heroes of United Flight 93 with a beautifully touching memorial in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, close to the original crash site. The passengers and crew bravely took matters into their own hands when they realized their plane had been hijacked. Created to honor the actions of the passengers and […]

Designer and photographer Mary Graham took the idea of natural beauty products to an amusing extreme when she crafted a pair of false eyelashes from “scavenged foliage” that were attached using egg and snow. The process took a great deal of time but the results were absolutely astonishing and proved a very interesting point about […]

The Onion profiles Jeffrey Peters, an up-and-coming 6-year-old data entry prodigy who is already getting offers from major temp agencies. He might only be in kindergarten, but data entry prodigy Jeffrey Peters is well on his way to a career of endlessly depressing temp jobs.

In 2014, Valentin Guérin and his amazing pyro-trombone played a blazing hot version of Arthur Pryor‘s “Fantastic Polka” accompanied by Valérie Guérin-Descouturelle on heavily candlelit piano. More recently, Guérin shared how he manages to practice his instrument while getting chores done around the farm. images via Valentin Guérin via Boing Boing

Hipster Disco, hardcore fans of all things The Smiths and Morrissey, have amusingly compiled a number of reimagined songs by The Smiths as the 8-bit synthesized music often found in old console video and arcade games. [Volume One] 1. This charming man by Alan Paz 2. There is a light that never goes out by […]

Unbelievably flexible contortionist dancers Turf Bieber and Kidd Strobe ply their trade on the streets of the San Francisco Bay Area in “Triple Jointed,” a video by StatusSilver. The pair bend and twist themselves in ways that seem impossible or downright painful for an average person to attempt. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Sydney, Australia-based illustrator and designer Simon Koay has created Superbet, an illustrated series reimagining letters of the alphabet as iconic comic book superheroes and villains. Captain America starts Simon’s alphabet off of and it ends with Zatanna Zatara. Prints, phone cases, mugs, and more are available to purchase online from Society6. images via Simon Koay […]

The Revogi Smart Meter Bluetooth outlet is a device that plugs into a wall outlet and allows the user to control any plug-in appliance with the Revogi Smart Meter app. Users can remotely turn a device on and off, set a timer for a device to power on and off, or put a device on […]

Los Angeles-based artist Jeff Victor has created an illustrated timeline featuring Robert Downey Jr. and the evolution of his roles in movies. Prints are available to purchase from his online store. What can I say…I love RDJ. What an incredible career this fine actor has had. Possibly even the greatest comeback story in Hollywood history. […]

In a new animated short by Andrew Bridgman of Dorkly, Batman drops in on a couple of street criminals and breaks one of the guy’s legs. Batman then tells his life story the beat up thug and the sad tale ends up not sounding that tragic at all. The sad tale of a jacked billionaire […]

SNOOZ is a lightweight, portable white noise machine that uses a covered rotating fan to generate soothing sounds that gently lulls a person to sleep. The energy efficient machine can be controlled with a smartphone app and offers full spectrum adjustable sound. As a room gets quieter your hearing becomes more acute. One of the […]

Los Angeles-based filmmaker Pablo Fernández Eyre has created “Inception on Elm Street,” a dreamy mashup of Inception and A Nightmare on Elm Street where Leonardo DiCaprio hunts down the evil Freddy Krueger. We’ve previously written about Pablo and his ongoing collection of interesting videos.

“Our Lady of Tamale” is a short documentary by director/filmmaker Cecil B. Feeder that focuses on Virginia Ramos, the wonderful and famous Tamale Lady of San Francisco. The film features over fifty different San Francisco musicians singing her praises in 30-second soundbites and was originally Ramos’ own idea. In 2003, after seeing the premiere of […]

Gavin Free of The Slow Mo Guys recently traveled to Scottsdale, Arizona to visit Taser headquarters to film a Taser being fired at bare skin at 28,000 fps. The bare skin in the video belongs to a man named Dave who was Free’s unlucky volunteer for the video. The slow motion video provides a detailed […]

image via Century 21 Stores Street artist Mr. Brainwash has created a colorful city-themed memorial 9/11 mural reading “New York City Is Beautiful” in bright pink letters onto the walls in front of the downtown New York City Century 21 department store. Never forget. It’s a promise Mr. Brainwash makes sure we keep. For the […]

In honor of the 30th birthday of Super Mario Bros., Digg has created a video that explores the digital evolution of Nintendo‘s popular plumber known as Mario. They start off with the classic Donkey Kong arcade (1981) and finish with Super Mario Maker (2015). Check out how much he’s changed over the years, and discover […]

Screen Rant takes a revealing look at subliminal messages hidden in popular movies. The video points out the subtle visuals inserted into The Rescuers, The Ring, and The Exorcist among others, and even has a hidden subliminal message of its own.

In a new video by Screen Rant, host Rob Flis points out ten hidden clues that may prove all of Pixar‘s animated films share the same universe. Rob finds solid evidence in animated films like Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, Cars, and more. As the artists and storytellers at Pixar Animation began to crank out successful […]

photo via National September 11 Memorial & Museum Every year the National September 11 Memorial & Museum remembers the 2,983 innocent people who were killed on September 11, 2001 when the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were destroyed with “Tribute In Light“, twin beams of light projected from a rooftop in lower Manhattan. […]

Mountain climbers Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker give a tour of their stately 24-square-foot “Tenthouse” as it sits 20,000 feet up the “Sharks Fin” route of Mount Meru in northern India. Chin and Anker’s climb to the peak of Meru is the subject of the documentary Meru. Chin also spoke to National Geographic about the exhibition […]

Just a few days after Welsh weatherman Liam Dutton easily pronounced “Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndr­obwllllantysiliogogogoch” correctly on television, several Huffington Post staff members decided to do the same. Unfortunately they weren’t as successful as Dutton had been during his live broadcast but he was amused by the attempts. This is funny! >>> People Attempt To Say 58-Letter Name […]

A contact juggler named AJ demonstrates his impressive skills with manipulating acrylic balls in a new video by Kuma Films. The balls appear to move magically as AJ performs his routine for the camera.

The PenSword is an awesome sword hilt eraser, created by Tel Aviv-based Peleg Design, that goes on the end of a pencil and turns it into a precision blade weapon. They are available to purchase online. Make no mistake – this sword eraser will fiercely fight any scribble and beat down every typo. It’ll be […]

Los Angeles-based filmmaker Pablo Fernández Eyre has created “Indiana Jones 4 and the Echoes of the Past,” a wonderful new video that explores the visual symmetry between George Lucas and Steven Spielberg‘s original trilogy of adventure films and the new sequel Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. We previously wrote about Pablo’s […]

The Sun Cruise Resort in South Korea is a cruise ship resort that never leaves land. The 30,000-ton dry-docked cruise ship features all the amenities of a traditional seafaring cruise, but without any of the actual seafaring. The resort also features a number of smaller yachts that do take guests out on the Sea of […]

On a recent episode of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon and the wonderful Ellen DeGeneres brought their “A” game while facing off in a fantastic lip sync battle. The two comic geniuses chose songs like “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” by Silentó and “Bitch Better Have My Money” by Rihanna.

Marvel has released an quick teaser trailer forJessica Jones, an upcoming live-action series developed for Netflix by Melissa Rosenberg. The series will be based on the Marvel character of the same name and currently set to premiere on November 20, 2015. Krysten Ritter stars as Jones, a former superhero who opens her own detective agency […]

The CBC comedy series This Is That recently profiled Smoke & Flame, an artisanal firewood company that handcrafts pieces of wood and sells them from $1,000 per bundle.

The Cuban A cappela group Vocal Sampling performed an amazing rendition of the classic Eagles song “Hotel California” using only their vocal chords to “play” each instrumental role during a 2012 performance at el Teatro del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havanna. During that same show, the group also performed an equally amazing version […]

Daniel Barassi of Brat Productions has mashed together the music from “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before” by The Smiths with the vocals from “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” by Tears For Fears to create “Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This Mashup Before”, a mix that came about […]

“London Calling” by nickprints is a wonderfully unique print that visually encompasses the most iconic sights and features of the historic capital city. History, architecture, icons, culture, music, people and everyday life all combine in an intricate visual jigsaw that you will never tire of looking at. The print comes in a variety of colors […]