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In support of The Global Goals, a worldwide organization that seeks to “end poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change”, China’s “Invisible Man” artist Liu Bolan made a beautiful statement when he painted his entire body to match a mosaic that encompassed 193 flags of the United Nations. The Global Goals posted their excitement on […]

Card illusionist Zach Mueller makes playing cards float and move in seemingly impossible ways in a recent video demonstrating the art of “Cardistry.” Mueller is giving away 12 decks of the Fontaine cards used in the video in a contest for viewers. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Marvel has released a behind-the-scenes featurettes for Avengers: Age of Ultron where the cast and crew explain the transformation process of the synthetic humanoid known as Vision. See Paul Bettany transcend from the voice of J.A.R.V.I.S. into the Vision in Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron”! With ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron,’ writer/director Joss Whedon knew which […]

Jeb Bush will appear as a guest on the first episode of The Late Show with new host Stephen Colbert, and the Presidential candidate has launched a fundraising contest around the appearance without Colbert’s consent or knowledge. Colbert responded to the contest in a YouTube video where he calls out Bush for trying to fundraise off The Late […]

Xbox has released their new explosive opening cinematic trailer for Halo 5: Guardians, an upcoming first-person shooter video game where Spartan Jameson Locke and his crew set out to find the missing hero Master Chief. The trailer features plenty of action and digital versions of actor Nathan Fillion as Edward Buck and Mike Colter as […]

In this three-minute time-lapse video by Mode Glam, a beautiful model named Arianny Celeste dons 100 years of women’s lingerie decade by decade, commencing the very modest and culminating with the very revealing. Glam also included three other beautiful models in the 2015 segment – cancer survivor Danielle Ornier, plus-sized model Germaine Nichols and “gender […]

When a young elephant named MeBai was taken away from her mother when she was a baby and sold to the tourism industry, a nanny elephant named Mae Boonsri who was also a tour elephant, adopted the little one and looked after her as if she were one of her own. The two were separated […]

“Caroline and Laura’s Tea Break“, a Japanese confectioner and bakery, has created “Cat Gurashi“, an adorable confectionary scene that depicts a family of Sumikko Guarashi cats going fishing for their dinner at a the dinner table. images via Caroline and Laura’s Tea Break via Neatorama

A colony of ants moving randomly around a working iPhone suddenly and mysteriously began marching in a perfect circle when the phone started ringing. While there’s a bit of scientific disagreement around what made the ants jump into formation so quickly, the effect is really fascinating. In 2010, entomologist Sanford Porter explained the phenomenon of […]

Vinod Kumar Chaudhary from New Delhi, India has broken the Guinness World Record for “Fastest Time to Type Using the Nose” with a time of 46.30 seconds to type the sentence, “Guinness world records have challenged me to type this sentence using my nose in the fastest time.” Chaudhary was featured along with other nose-related records […]

“Star Stuff” is a short film by writer and director Ratimir Rakuljic about a curious young boy who grows up to become famed astrophysicist Carl Sagan. The film follows Sagan as a boy trying to learn what the stars are, and how he makes the important discoveries that led to his later work. Rakuljic also […]

Denver, Colorado-based photographer, writer, and father Randy Slavey and his wife recently created an amazing Portal-themed bedroom for their son on his thirteenth birthday. The surprised young man’s jaw dropped as he walked into the new room filed with all sorts of Portal-style designs. The entire series of process and finished photos are available to […]

Cookie Monster learns to wait his turn in “When Cookie Met Sally” a Sesame Street parody of the classic romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally…. The video is the latest in Sesame Street‘s Cookie Crumby Pictures series of parodies where Cookie Monster learns valuable lessons and life skills.

Necto Cooler is a sour wheat beer created by the Ardmore, Pennsylvania-based Tired Hands Brewing Company, who is known for creating all sorts of experimental brews, that is inspired by Hi-C’s orange flavored Ecto Cooler drink. The classic Ecto-Cooler box featured The Real Ghostbusters character Slimer, who is the mascot that Tired Hands Brewing Company […]

Romanian architect and artist Ioana Vanc creates absolutely wonderfully detailed portraits and scenes with various types of produce into the bowls of spoons. Vanc explains her process in a guest post on Bored Panda. … I enjoy making art pieces using everyday objects. I also love food art and I started using food items a […]

Hulu has added the long-requested option of commercial-free viewing for their customers. Viewers now have a choice between a $7.99 per month plan that features limited commercial interruptions, and an $11.99 per month plan without commercials. Both plans include access to Hulu original and exclusive content like Difficult People and Doozers, and its catalog of movies […]

A GoPro camera captured the beautiful sight of Loki the Wolfdog gleefully running, cavorting and having an absolutely wonderful time in the snow near his home in Colorado. According to his Facebook page, Loki is a mix of several snow-loving breeds. I’m Loki, a husky/arctic wolf/malamute. A low content wolfdog living in Colorado where the […]

The Jacks by Sculpy, are very cleverly designed scented candles that look like they’re crying when lit inside their decorative bases. The current offerings are black or white skull bases with brain-shaped candles, rabbit bases with accompanying ears and deers with antlers. According to the founders, the project came about accidentally. One of our sculpting […]

Felicia Day was recently given a 3D printed d20 die by an awesome girl who helps the visually impaired play Dungeons & Dragons. All the files and instructions needed for creating your own 3D printed braille d20 die are available to download on Thingiverse. photo via Felicia Day via Geekologie

Avoid Humans is a new web app that helps users avoid other people using Foursquare and Instagram check-in data to identify crowded places. The app puts locations into nightlife, food, coffee, and refuge categories and uses simple icons to show how crowded a place is. images via Avoid Humans via reddit

“It’s a Trap” is an anti-smoking PSA by The Truth that features a number of Internet memes to teach young people that social smoking is still smoking.

A well-trained human quickly responded to her cat’s call to send down the basket rig that will easily bring the lazy feline back upstairs.

Editor gBCptAwesome has recut footage from the sitcom Seinfeld into a dramatic film trailer about the character George Costanza. The footage is taken primarily from the episodes “The Invitations” and “The Raincoats.” via reddit

Pantone Smoothies is a project by Swedish artist Hedvig Astrom Kushner where she blends together delicious looking smoothies and makes their hue match specific Pantone colors. Hedvig’s full series of Pantone Smoothies, photographed by Michael Kushner, are available to view on her project website. I make a lot of smoothies and noticed it kinda works […]

Cheese Posties is a new grilled cheese delivery startup based in the United Kingdom. Subscribers will receive a package containing the ingredients for a unique grilled cheese sandwich with each shipment. Customers can choose between savory or sweet sandwiches, and can also choose gluten-free bread. Cheese Posties is currently running a Kickstarter campaign with rewards […]

ABC has released new photos of Kermit the Frog‘s new love interest Denise from the upcoming series The Muppets. Denise was first seen in the trailer for The Muppets, and Kermit mentioned he was dating her in a Twitter reply to actress Emmy Rossum. Though in a more recent tweet, Kermit says he and Denise are just […]

London-based artist Xavier Solé has created Scanface, a humorous series of portraits of his friends that were created in one shot on a scanner without retouching. Xavier’s entire collection of hilarious face scans are available to view on Behance and his Scanface blog. images via Scanface via Bored Panda

In episode 9 of the Vulture series Secret History of Television, host Margaret Lyons explains how live-action superhero television shows have had their ups and the downs throughout history. In this episode, she also takes look at superhero TV shows that were thrown away faster than they were put on the air. music by Jahzzar […]

Dave Hax presents a simple technique for teaching children how to tie their shoelaces.

According to Variety, Apple is exploring the possibility of creating original programming in order to compete directly with services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu.

Amazon has announced that it is now allowing its Prime members to download Amazon Videos to their iOS and Android devices. They are the first and only subscription streaming service to offer this feature. Amazon today announced that Prime members in the U.S., U.K., Germany and Austria will now be able to download movies and […]

Jimmy Fallon takes a look at the pros and cons of going to Burning Man on The Tonight Show.

In this beautiful video by Te to Te to Te, artisan Yasuo Okazaki, known for his signature Naruko Kokeshi style, demonstrates how he crafts the dolls from spinning blocks of wood, how they are shaped, then fitted together before the paint is painstakingly applied. Okazaki learned the Naruko style from his father, who trained him […]

A tiny bengal kitten enjoying a relaxing massage didn’t seem to mind a bit that his human was manipulating his ears in such a way that he began to resemble Master Yoda from Star Wars. In fact, he was downright euphoric. According to his human, the cat was “very happy” and that he loves his […]

Hungarian designer Dénes Sátor has created EggMap Stress Balls, ingenious maps that zoom in to specific areas when squeezed. The maps also, literally and figuratively, help to relieve the stress and frustration of getting lost amongst the streets in the beautiful city of Budapest or any other city in the world. Haven’t we all lost […]

The New Horizons mission made a recent flyby of Pluto, giving humanity its closest-ever view of the distant dwarf planet. Now NASA has released a new animation made up of New Horizons images showing Pluto and its moon Charon as the probe saw them during its historic mission.

While diving in the Scilly Isles in 2014, videographer Gary Grayson encountered an adorably inquisitive and affectionate Atlantic grey seal who wanted nothing more than a little attention and a good belly rub, both of which Grayson appeared more than happy to oblige. People ask me why I go diving….. This is why Thanks to […]

Temecula, California-based cosmetologist Argenis Pinal has transformed himself and other into amazing looking comic book superheroes and villains using nothing but makeup. Pinal’s entire collection of comic book makeovers are available to view on Instagram, Facebook, and his website. A video posted by Argenis L??Comics (@argenapeede) on Aug 30, 2015 at 10:32pm PDT images via […]

While filming in Moss Landing, California for the third and final episode of the BBC One series Big Blue Live, host Steve Backshall abruptly interrupted an interview with local whale expert Dorris Welch to gush with unabated glee at the the sight of a giant blue whale coming up for air. I’m so so sorry. […]

Wire Cutters is a fantastic short animated film, created by Minneapolis-based Jack Anderson, about two robots who run into each other while mining on a desolate planet and then fight over their minerals. According to Jack on reddit, he spent “thousands of hours love and about a year of rendering” to bring his animated project […]

“Recovering the Mindset” by Matthew Morettini, is a beautifully eerie and wonderfully seamless mashup that uses a singular scene between the characters Will Graham and Dr. Hannibal Lecter from three different interpretations of the now-classic Thomas Harris novel “Red Dragon” – the film Manhunter by Michael Mann, the film Red Dragon by Brett Ratner, and […]

Google takes a look at the evolution of the company over the last 17 years as they unveil their new logo. Today we’re introducing a new logo and identity family that reflects this reality and shows you when the Google magic is working for you, even on the tiniest screens. As you’ll see, we’ve taken […]

Stephen Colbert, host of The Late Show, is the newest voice guidance option for the popular Waze navigation app. Users can select Colbert’s voice from the list of options in the app’s “Sound” settings to receive funny turn-by-turn navigation from the comedian. Colbert announced the option in a video posted to the Late Show YouTube […]

The “Suburban Son”s series by the comedy site Above Average, is a humorously silly parody of the motorcycle-centered F/X Networks saga Sons of Anarchy that features the Willow Drive Devils, a gang of dads who terrorize their neighbors, bully soccer coaches and keep other suburban dwellers in line while cruising around their pre-fab town in […]

Artistic cyclist Nicole Frýbortová performed an impressive gymnastic bicycle routine during the recent 2015 EMS Cup. Frýbortová executed extraordinary acts of balance and skill that seem almost impossible, but surprisingly only placed second in the event. via Digg

Australia-based Jess Bauer has recently shared “When Leia Isn’t Home,” a wonderful video featuring her dad (Chewbacca) and brother Toby (Yoda) playing the hit “Cantina Band” song from Star Wars using a clarinet and kitchen oven. Jess’ father and brother have popped up in the past on her YouTube channel to jam out to random […]

Electrical engineer Mehdi Sadaghhdar from ElectroBOOM used his tongue to test how electric frequency relates to pain. After attaching electrodes to his tongue, Sadaghhdar adjusted the frequency of the current and used his hand to indicate the level of pain he was experiencing. As the frequency went up so did the pain, but only to about 2kHz, at […]

A teeny tiny tabby kitten named Cleo used her sandpapery tongue to groom her teeny tiny chirping chick buddy while they both made themselves comfortable on a comfy fuzzy bed. According to their human Maura Fuller, it’s “cuteness overload”. http://i.imgur.com/hjKU6TU.webm via reddit

YouTube commentator TwoDynamic has shared footage of a Grand Theft Auto V PC mod, created by Justin Lewis (a.k.a. “JJxORACLE”) of Arterius Modding, that allows gamers to bring a massive Imperial Star Destroyer from Star Wars to the fictional city of Los Santos. The great mod is available to download online from GTA5-mods.com. images via […]

A recent video by The Royal Institution of Great Britain takes an explosive, close-up, and slow-motion look at the highly unstable substance nitrogen triiodide (NI3). Host Andrew Marmery demonstrates how easily NI3 can be set off by something as gentle as a balloon, and he also explains the chemistry behind what makes the compound so reactive. Thanks Scott […]