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In a recent story, Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy toured Banksy‘s Dismaland “bemusement park” art installation in the resort town of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England. The installation features work from more than 50 artists from around the world including Pocket Money Loans by artist Darren Cullen, which we have covered previously. Details of the attraction were officially released this […]

Expert woodworker and engineer Matthias Wandel demonstrates how to make a hexagon cake knife, an idea that was inspired by his wife who wondered aloud how she should cut a cake. This project started when Rachel said “Now I have to cut the cake into squares or triangles”. My immediate thought was “why not cut […]

The record-breaking heat wave recently sent a mama bear and her five cubs out of the woods and in search of a little relief, which came in the form of Tim Basso‘s backyard pool in Rockaway Township, New Jersey. The bears took a nice cool dip in the pool before taking over the rest of […]

The Calgary Humane Society has created an amusing campaign for their Cat-Tastic Summer Pawty adoption day on August 22nd in which older, adoptable cats are advertised as “pre-owned” in the very distinct style of a used car commercial. We’ve got bouncy castles, cotton candy treats, frozen drinks, crafts, face paint, balloons AND adorable adoptables – […]

Neil Cicierega has created an absurd and hilarious guide to Peter Jackson‘s The Lord of the Rings trilogy based on the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. The video outlines the plot and major characters in the three films while managing to get nearly every single fact wrong.

Pop music cover band Postmodern Jukebox and singer Sara Niemietz recently performed a wonderful vintage 1940s swing cover of the Talking Heads‘ 1983 song “This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody).” Postmodern Jukebox‘s new cover is available to purchase online via iTunes. The original song for comparison:

In a recent video by The Slow Mo Guys, Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy ignite a match head bomb made up of approximately 6,000 match heads and film the resulting explosion at 2,500fps with two slow motion cameras. Free and Gruchy warn not to try this at home, particularly the part where Gruchy leans over the lit […]

A hyper little corgi named Nero tried to cool himself off on a hot summer’s day by repeatedly running back and forth across a blue kiddie pool in an effort to catch the water coming from the hose that his his human was using. Unfortunately for little Nero, his human decided to have a bit […]

Punk legend Patti Smith recently performed “Aqua Teen Dream,” a fantastic farewell song created for the very last season finale (they mean it this time) of Adult Swim‘s popular animated television series, Aqua Teen Hunger Force. The final episode (#138), titled “The Last One Forever and Ever (For Real This Time) (We Fucking Mean It), […]

“So You’ve Learned to Teleport” is an instructional and informational video by Tom Scott about the potential uses and abuses of superpowered teleportation. In the video, Scott seems to take issue with the way teleporters in comic books fail to live up to their true potential by simply using the ability to fight crime, when […]

image via imgur A studious cat named Bubba has spent a lot of time roaming the halls, attending class and sleeping in the library of Leland High School in San Jose, California, so much so that school administrators decided that the orange tabby deserved his very own student identification card. According to the redditor who […]

According to Variety, ABC is in the process of ordering a pilot for Marvel’s Most Wanted, a Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spin-off series about Adrianne Palicki‘s bad ass character Bobbi Morse (a.k.a. “Mockingbird“) and Nick Blood’s Lance Hunter. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. producers Jeffrey Bell and Paul Zbyszewski worked together to bring the project to […]

Redditor smashcuts has created a wonderful fully-functional and backlit overhead control panel to manually operate his computer with a series of buttons and switches. The panel can control everything from the volume, to opening frequently used apps, and even executing Photoshop keyboard shortcuts. The full series of photos highlights the different functions of the panel […]

A24 has released the first trailer for The Witch, and upcoming horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers. The movie follows a Puritan family who faces an unknown evil lurking in the woods behind their New England farm. The Witch is currently scheduled to released in theaters sometime in 2016. New England, 1630: William […]

Daredevil Laso Schaller has made an incredible 193 foot cliff jump off Cascata del Salto in Maggia, Switzerland. The jump’s sponsor Red Bull claim Schaller has set the new world record. The jump lasted 3.58 seconds and Schaller reached a speed of 123 km/h before hitting the water. For reference, the Leaning Tower of Pisa is only […]

On August 18, Ryan North, the creator of Dinosaur Comics, took his dog Chompsky for a walk around a Toronto skate park. It was raining when North went take a photo of Chompsky in the bowl and he subsequently found that they were stuck with no feasible means of egress. So North took to Twitter […]

Archie McPhee has released a fabulous line of scarves that feature unique Bigfoot, Krampus, and Abraham Lincoln-themed designs. They are all available to purchase online. images via Archie McPhee submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

The Village Voice has created a series of 30 emoji they feel are specifically useful to New Yorkers. The emoji highlight some of the best, worst, and most iconic things about life in New York City. Dollar slice pizza, one of the best things about New York City. The iconic Anthora coffee cup, a staple […]

AMC has released a new video where most of the main characters from Robert Kirkman‘s upcoming new television series, Fear the Walking Dead, are introduced by the show’s cast and crew. Fear the Walking Dead is scheduled to premiere August 23, 2015 at 9 PM EST on AMC.

An adorable pair of sleeping Shih Tzus named Gus and Gizmo were rudely awakened just seconds before a magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay Area on August 17 at 6:49 AM. Their human Ashley Guerin captured their startled reaction through her Nest Cam. I posted my Nest Cam footage on Twitter of my […]

New York-based artist Ian Dwyer of Nvenom8 Designs has created a horrifyingly awesome 3D printed Kraken d20 die. The tentacle-filled die is available to purchase from Nvenom8 Designs’ online shop. This terrifying mass of writhing tentacles and gaping beaks holds a dark secret: It’s a completely fair 20-sided die! At almost three inches across (7.1cm), […]

3M has built an impressive branded Rube Goldberg machine for a recent video. The machine is made up of a variety of 3M products and ends by launching a cascade of 25,000 Post-It notes. Science is at the heart of everything we do. It’s our inspiration and our medium. It’s how the hard work gets done. […]

RealmPictures recently created an awesome real-life first person shooter game that was controlled by random people on Chatroulette. The strangers would verbally help the player decide how to make his way through a zombie-infested area, while picking up random weapons and health along the way. They even threw in a mega boss battle to kick […]

GIPHY CAM is a new GIF-creating camera app by Giphy. Users can press and hold to record a GIF and add special effects before sharing their GIF with contacts directly or on social media. The app is now available in the iTunes App Store. images via Giphy

VHS Camcorder is a new video app by Rarevision that simulates the distortion of a vintage VHS camcorder. Users can set the app to distort the video more as their device is tilted during recording, and even overlay a fake date and time stamp to help sell the illusion. The app is currently available in the iTunes […]

London developer Ballymore has received planning approval to build a transparent free-floating “sky pool” 35 meter above the city’s Nine Elms district as part of its new Embassy Gardens development. The pool will be built with clear 20cm-thick glass, giving swimmers a view straight down to the world below. Residents of the Embassy Gardens will be […]

Neil Harbisson, an artist and self-described cyborg who was born with Achromatopsia, a recessive genetic condition that renders an individual completely unable to see color, has found a very creative way to interpret the world around him. He uses an antenna that has been implanted into his skull, which listens to the sound waves emitted […]

For his 40th birthday, Mike Oblinski, a Phoenix-based stormchasing photographer was given the gift of ten days to chase after storms in and around the American Southwest. During the trip, which had been extended to 14 days, Oblinski gorgeous footage of incredible cloud formations and set it to a beautiful soundtrack arranged by musician Kerry […]

PlastiColor has created a series of officially licensed rubber Star Wars car and truck floor mats based on Boba Fett, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and a Stormtrooper. The “universal fit and ultra-durable” mats are all available to purchase online. images via Entertainment Earth via Nerd Approved

NASA is letting people send their name to Mars as part of the InSight mission and claim Frequent Flyer miles. NASA previously let people send their name to space on board the test flight of the Orion spacecraft in December, 2014, and repeat users can log in with their same account to track their mileage. image […]

Hot Topic has released a new zip-up costume hoodie based on the gigantic deformed Colossal Titan from Hajime Isayama‘s popular Japanese manga series and the two-part live-action film adaptation directed by Shinji Higuchi. It is available to purchase online. images via Hot Topic via GeekTyrant

In a recent video by Muppet Studios for the Oh My Disney blog, Animal and Floyd Pepper from The Muppets give a dramatic reading of the classic Disney song “It’s a Small World” from the popular ride of the same name. The end of the video features a preview of Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker giving a dramatic […]

Dreamworks animator and father Daniel Hashimoto has created a new special effects video for his ongoing Action Movie Kid series that shows his three-year-old son James trying to protect his little sister Sophia from a deadly shark that is swimming around in their home.

In a post on Medium, writer Rex Sorgatz shared a possible look at a TV channel guide from the near future now that companies like NBCUniversal, Fox, and Disney have invested heavily in online media. The channel guide features possible shows from channels like BuzzFeed, Uber, and The Awl. And what will these web properties do […]

The creatives at the PlumbWorld Blog have created a great infographic that reveals 20 of the most “gutterly bizarre” things that have been found floating around in sewers. A sheep, a hand grenade, and a living baby are only a few of the unusual things found in the pipe systems used to transport human waste. […]

Think Geek has created a clever set of Doctor Who themed Weeping Angel string lights that humorously blink repeatedly at one another. Ten angels. Does a set of ten angels count as a swarm? Er… it looks like the collective noun for angels is “chorus” or “choir.” *twitches* That’s a song you never want to […]

image via Dismaland Dismaland is a art exhibit parody of Disneyland, curated by Banksy, that is located at the Tropicana in the North Somerset, England-based resort town of Weston-super-Mare. The “bemusement park” show features artwork from artists like Josh Keyes, Axel Void, Polly Morgan, Brock Davis, Pure Evil, and more. The exhibit will also feature […]

An adorable baby dressed in a polka dot starfish-like sleep sack, flapped her limbs excitedly when her mom brought the family cat to her crib to visit. While the baby was absolutely elated, the cat was less than impressed. She’s incapable of controlling her limbs when her kitty is around. The obsession grows every day. […]

A corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) nicknamed “Stinky” has bloomed at the Denver Botanic Gardens to an enthusiastic crowd of smell seekers. The flower is known for its pungent stench which has been compared to rotting flesh, and for the fact that it can take up to 15 years to bloom. Some visitors reported being disappointed […]

Kurt Russell as John Ruth, “The Hangman” and Jennifer Jason Leigh as Daisy Domergue, “The Prisoner” All seven character posters have been released for The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino‘s upcoming feature film about a group of dangerous bounty hunters who are trapped together in a post-Civil War Wyoming. The Hateful Eight is schedulued to only […]

A hungry cat gets the last slice! An ever-demanding Simon’s Cat repeatedly begged, badgered and cajoled his beleaguered human into surrendering the very last piece of pizza using every possible scheme in his arsenal.

Calgary-based couple, Marcia Andreychuk and Joel Hamilton, have remodeled their real-life kitchen to look a lot like Marge‘s kitchen from the animated television series The Simpsons. According to CBC News, both Marcia and Joel are huge Simpsons fan, “but Hamilton is the bigger fan.” “Every winter I watch every single episode that’s been released,” Joel […]

“Diehard Detroit” is a wonderful aerial tilt-shift time-lapse of “Detroit’s beautiful decay and and the amazing city beyond it”, created by Joerg Daiber of spoonfilm on Little Big World. Shot at the Michigan Theater, Packard Plant, Michigan Central Station, Lee Plaza Hotel, around the Masonic Temple and the Heidelberg Project and many other abandoned buildings […]

Emily Murray recently posted a video showing her color blind father receiving a surprise gift of EnChroma glasses that allow him to see color properly for the first time in his life. Murray’s father is thrilled with the lenses and claims to want to glue them to his head. via reddit

In 1968, director David Lynch created the short film “The Alphabet“, a bizarre and somewhat horrific recitation of the ABCs that seemingly invokes and reflects an extreme fear of learning. via reddit, Neatorama

Scott Raabe, a profession welder at Enerflex and metal sculptor in Houston, Texas, recently posted a series of photos showing the elaborate and colorful designs that he’s created over the past few weeks. images via Scott Raabe via reddit

The Fly Pry is a small titanium multi tool that can be used to replace a standard zipper pull. The tiny device serves as a bottle opener, box cutter, can opener, and zipper pull among other uses. The inventor is currently trying to raise funds for the Fly Pry through a Kickstarter campaign where interested buyers […]

Ziye Liu, a student at Savannah Collage of Art and Design has created “Themes & Variations” a fascinating short film that reimagines the existing art of Yayoi Kusuma and Ai Weiwei through CGI rendering. The film is part of Liu’s thesis towards a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Effects degree. Contemporary art such as […]

The city of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada is trying to make public transportation cool with an intense trailer for their ETS bus service. The video features enthusiastic riders demonstrating various features of the bus. They’ve also released a blooper reel from the shoot. via reddit

In August 2013, Scott and I were honored to be amongst the guests present at the wedding of Rick and Emma Webb, an incredible event for which Rick took on the planning responsibilities. With this experience in hand, Rick is currently faising funds through Kickstarter to publish his new book Man Nup : A Groom’s […]