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iZHarms posted a video of firing pair of Roman Candle guns, a follow-up to the video he posted last year. via Geekologie

Nintendo Game Boy Retrospecs is an app by software developer John Parker that converts ordinary photos into retro computer or video game pixel art. Users can choose from a collection of fun filters to make their images look like they should be displayed on an 8-bit Commodore 64 computer, an old school Nintendo Game Boy, […]

In the latest episode of SciShow, host Michael Aranda explains what a supertaster is and how one is able to determine if they are indeed so genetically inclined. It’s a genetically-inherited trait — and dominant, meaning that only one parent has to have the supertasting allele, or version of the gene, for their child to […]

In a recent video, The Backyard Scientist explodes propane-filled balloons using a drone armed with a sparkler. Taking viewer suggestions, he also pops some of the balloons using flaming steel wool on a string, and also ignites balloons filled with a mix of oxygen and propane underwater.

An adorably persistent golden retriever puppy named Brady, repeatedly tried to catch the fish that were imprinted onto the side of his plastic pool while sitting upright in the water, but to no avail. Several days later, Brady graduated to the big pool, but was too afraid to get off the first step. via reddit, […]

“America’s Smallest Nanobrewery” is a comedy video by Above Average starring Zak Orth (Wet Hot American Summer, Revolution) as a man who runs a brewery that produces beer one sip at a time. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

In the most recent episode of Anglophenia, host Kate Arnell explains about Cockney rhyming slang, where it comes from and how it’s being used in modern day conversation. It’s not 100 percent known how cockney rhyming slang — the replacement of a common word with a rhyming phrase — came about, but it’s typically thought […]

They Might Be Giants has released “I Made A Mess”, their new music video featuring visuals by Craig J. Clark, created for week 34 of their Dial-A-Song Direct series.

Kai Wong of DigitalRev humorusly demonstrates several simple and free photography hacks using regular household items. via ISO 1200 Magazine, PetaPixel

A beautiful dachshund named Tazo, who was surrendered to the Animal Haven shelter in New York City after his humans couldn’t keep up with the medical bills from his back injury, was given the royal treatment through the wonderful BarkBox program “Dog’s Best Day“. BarkBox teamed up with Natural Balance Dog Food to provide Tazo […]

Kraken Monster Issues is an ongoing series of illustrations by artist Teo Zirinis featuring legendary monsters who are stating their very specific problems. The entire collection is available to view on Zirinis’s website and Facebook page. Prints of his amusing monster drawings are available to purchase online via Society6. Hydra Dracula Cthulhu Cyclops Godzilla images […]

Don Swift recently posted a video in which he takes his young daughter out into the warm summer rain for the first time, and she was delighted to experience the new sensation.

For the most recent episode of Field Day, writer/actor Mark Douglas of Barely Productions created “Cat Hospital” an overly dramatic soap opera parody that features felines in various catty roles. Dive into the drama of Cat Hospital, a hospital run by humans and cats. From the mind of Mark Douglas, one the stars of Barely […]

The cast of Star Trek Beyond remember late and great Leonard Nimoy as “an actor, a champion of the arts, and a true inspiration to so many” in a touching tribute video supporting a cause that Nimoy cared very much about. The tribute was lead by Zachary Quinto, the actor who portrayed Spock in the […]

“m e r r y m e“, a studio jewelry artist from Bangkok, Thailand has designed a clever line of 3-piece enamel and brass rings that fit together perfectly to form adorable animals. The rings can also be worn separately to create a sense of action, such as a squirrel chasing after a juicy acorn. […]

YouTube has officially launched their game streaming service YouTube Gaming to cater to the video sharing service’s large gamer base. Users can live stream themselves playing games, and viewers can easily search for live streams by channel or by a specific game. The new service pulls game-related content from YouTube, and has been in a testing […]

In a recent video by Physics Girl, host Dianna Cowern demonstrates a method a person can use to generate a cloud inside their own mouth. Cowern calls the clouds “maculus ridiculous” because the method requires the person to do some pretty silly looking things with their mouth.

“Zelda vs Peach” a new live-action special effects video, created by filmmaker Andrew McMurry of AndrewMFilms, where Princess Zelda of The Legend of Zelda and Princess Peach of Super Mario Bros. settle their differences by engaging in an epic battle to the death. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

image via Shifting Cities Online map developer Keir Clarke has created Shifting Cities, an interactive map that plots the ten most populous cities in the United States over the course of 220 years, starting with the year 1790 and concluding in the year 2010. Clarke was inspired by a gif he saw on reddit in […]

Dreamworks animator Daniel Hashimoto and his son James (a.k.a. “Action Movie Kid“) invited Jared and his YouTube famous son Evan Tube HD over for a playdate that turned into quite a special effects-filled adventure. The two boys blasted each other with freeze rays, jumped across a lava-covered floor, and more while both fathers enjoyed a […]

The New Yorker recently profiled John McDermott and John Wren, two veteran high-rise window washers, who have been cleaning the windows of New York City for over thirty years. Each man spoke of how he got started, what kept him going and the awesome respect he has for the job. Window cleaning is not for […]

In the latest episode of the Vulture series Secret History of Television, host Margaret Lyons explains the history of musical episodes in the television and what makes them work well. The episode also features some examples of when the technique has fallen flat.

In “How to Age Gracefully“, the farewell video from the CBC Radio series “Wiretap“, people of all ages offer words of wisdom to their younger counterparts in the form of a verbal letter, daisy-chaining the advice from age 7 on up to age 93. Dear 91-year old, don’t listen to other people’s advice. Nobody knows […]

Burger King has publicly pitched long time “burger wars” rival McDonald’s to collaborate on the “McWhopper” to promote Peace One Day, the charity that will host Peace Day on September 21, 2015. Burger King took out a full-page ad to run an open letter to McDonald’s, as well as launching the McWhopper website which includes […]

Ilana Kolihanov, an extremely talented makeup artist in Israel, demonstrates how to create a realistic Siberian Husky face, using her own dog as a template. Ilana has also offered tutorials on creating amazing tiger faces, alien faces, skulls along with everyday makeup tips. The commentary is in Hebrew, but the Ilana makes the videos easy […]

Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman recently recreated Walter White‘s brutal booby trap from the Breaking Bad season finale on a recent MiniMyth webisode of MythBusters on Discovery. Adam and Jamie received help with their experiment from Breaking Bad series creator Vince Gilligan and a hefty M60 machine gun. The booby trap scene from Breaking Bad […]

Heather Ar’ite, a photographer and friend of the Incredible Things blog, sent them an incredible picture of a spider web with the letters “LOL” woven into it. It’s unclear from the photograph exactly how the spider worked in the letters, or exactly what it was laughing it at the time. That’s some web. photo by […]

Here are a just few examples of “Walmart Chants” that employees do before opening up a store. 1st example via reddit

Vox provides five handy tips on how to position a WiFi router to make a home network faster. Wifi signals are made of radio waves that have a shorter wavelength than AM radio and cell phones but longer than satellite tv. There are several things you can do to make your wifi faster without paying […]

Composer and pianist Sonya Belousova and filmmaker Tom Grey of Player Piano have done it again by performing an absolutely incredible cover of The Walking Dead theme song, which was originally composed by Bear McCreary. The amusing music video also features guest (zombie) violinist Eriko Tsuji.

Philo the Cat has zero interest in using the new cat door his human spent and hour and a half installing for him, preferring to do things the traditional way by opening it using the actual door handle. via reddit

Songsmith Jonathan Mann created a new remix of the Adventure Time song “Bacon Pancakes” that explains how to make the bacon pancakes mentioned in the song. His remix is available on Bandcamp. Preheat the oven To 200 degress Whisk together flour Baking powder Sugar, baking soda and salt In another bowl buttermilk Melted butter and […]

XYZ Workshop has created a design for a 3D-printed chess set made up of pieces that individual mini planters. The set won the 2013 My Mini Factory Chess and Pen Design Competition, and users interested in creating their own tiny chess garden can download the design through My Mini Factory. images via XYZ Workshop via […]

Daniel Barassi of BRAT Productions brilliantly added “Hairdresser On Fire” by Morrissey to a clip from the 1937 film Way Out West to make it look like the comedy duo Laurel & Hardy are dancing to the song.

The street artist Banksy has released the official trailer for his Dismaland “bemusement park” art installation that recently opened in the resort town of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England. The trailer highlights several of the pieces Banksy curated from more than 50 artists from around the world that collectively provide a dark view of theme parks and commercial […]

In the 15th episode of the funny culinary series You Suck At Cooking, the host prepares a simple recipe for the easiest salad dressing on earth. He also prepares a gravity defying version of the moon’s easiest salad dressing and then sings a song to proclaim how wonderful it is.

In 2014, a very easygoing yellow lab brought his favorite teddy bear along with him as he climbed into an inflatable raft and drifted peacefully around his human’s pool. via Ramona Humane Society

This is your childhood, and it’s ending one summer at a time. Benny and Rafi Fine of The Fine Brothers have created an animated and G-rated version of the David Fincher film Fight Club. The animation is similar to a Mashable video from earlier in 2015 when author Chuck Palahniuk read a children’s book version of Fight Club, the novel […]

“Subway Love” by poet Max Stossel is a beautifully shot visual poem to the rush hour crowd who anxiously await for their train to arrive without ever noticing what or who is around them. Stossel got the inspiration for the film while waiting for a train himself. I wrote this as I waited for the […]

On the latest episode of Man at Arms: Reforged, the skilled team of blacksmiths and craftsman at Baltimore Knife and Sword built the iconic Serpentine Steel and Silver Swords used by Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt video game. They decided to show different processes for creating each sword by actually forging […]

Portals, created by Amar Bakshi of Shared Studios, are converted shipping containers that have been painted gold and allow strangers from different parts of the world to talk face-to-face with one another through the immersive audio visual technology available inside. The technology can be used to collaborate in such areas as art, technology, music, dance […]

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original Back to the Future film, CineFix created a video where they highlight nine facts about the Back to the Future film series that you may not have known. They reveal that the Back to the Future title was almost changed, that Michael J. Fox got very little […]

A 12-year-old in Taipei, Taiwan tripped and damaged a 350-year-old $1.5 million painting by Paolo Porpora on display at the Face of Leonardo: Images of a Genius exhibition. Video shows the boy stumbling over the divider in front of the painting, and stopping his fall by putting his hand on the painting, leaving a fist-sized hole. The […]

MissObservation, also known as Phoenix, is an adorable 7-year old girl who offers movie reviews, dog training tips with her Shiba Inu, film recreation skits and her thoughts about daily life on her very video blog and YouTube channel that her dad set up for her earlier this year.. My name is Phoenix and welcome […]

In their latest episode on the Internets Celebrities channel, the Food Warriors duo of Dallas Penn and Rafi Kam took the A train, as they always do, to the Broadway Junction stop in East New York, Brooklyn where they polled passersby as to where they could find the best place to eat in the neighborhood. […]

Beeline Creative and Underground Toys have created a great series of ceramic Star Wars beer steins that feature R2-D2, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and Boba Fett. The officially licensed steins are available to purchase online from Amazon and ThinkGeek. Whether you’ve got a cantina that rivals Mos Eisley’s or just a fridge in the back of […]

The rockstar way to plug your keys in at home! Jack Racks by Pluginz Keychains are very cleverly designed audio jack key chains that connect seamlessly into the socket of a wall hanger that looks like a miniature guitar amplifier. Jack Racks were was launched on Kickstarter in early 2015 and raised nearly 10 times […]

“The funk is strong with this one.” Infectious Designer has created “Darth Punk – The Funk Awakens,” a rad music video that mixes together the electronic flashiness and sound of Daft Punk with the legendary Star Wars villains Darth Vader and Boba Fett. Infectious Designer also released a prequel to the music video and behind-the-scenes […]

Bob Odenkirk wrote his own hilarious interview questions for a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The questions focused on what Odenkirk believes are the things people want to ask him about Better Call Saul and his recent Emmy nominations. During the interview, Odenkirk and Kimmel also discussed how Odenkirk did not watch Breaking Bad while he […]

Ann and Ken Fredericks of Satellite Beach, Florida celebrate every anniversary with a bite of the original homemade 3-layered dark fruitcake from their wedding day in August of 1955. This tradition has been going on for 59 years and while the cake is a bit dry, according to the couple “it tastes like cake”. In […]