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Tiny Hats on Cats is a clever Instagram account created by BuzzFeed writer Adam Ellis. Ellis handcrafts adorably detailed paper chapeaus for a very tolerant three-legged cat named Maxwell. images via Tiny Hats on Cats via Pleated Jeans

LEGO Will has created a wonderful LEGO version of the Doof Wagon from the popular film Mad Max: Fury Road. The speaker-stacked war machine also features a functional set of speakers. More photos of the LEGO “morale machine” are available to view on Flickr. photos by LEGO Will via Geek x Girls, Geeks Are Sexy

“Justify a Whole Lotta Love” by Wax Audio is an incredibly sensual mashup of “Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zeppelin and “Justify My Love” by Madonna, each incredibly sensual songs in their own right. The songs in their original forms. Whole Lotta Love Justify My Love submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

EA DICE revealed a series of teaser trailers and gameplay footage as part of their E3 2015 presentation for Star Wars Battlefront, the upcoming third release in the Star Wars: Battlefront video game series. The action game will allow gamers to seamlessly switch between a first-person and third-person view while causing multiplayer chaos online or […]

San Francisco-based Munchery offers a restaurant-less way to order gourmet meals that are prepared daily by in-house chefs for home delivery at a reasonable price, either via their online menu or through their smartphone app. The menu changes daily and the meals are made with organic ingredients. Vegetarian, dairy-free, gluten-free, nut-free and vegan options are […]

Filmmakers from Timestorm Films have captured some incredible footage of the April 22, 2015 eruption of the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile. The finished video incorporates 4K and 8K footage taken from several different cameras including a Canon 6D, Pentax 645Z, and a Sony a7. via Vimeo Staff Picks

The Last Guardian is a long-awaited video game about the relationship between a boy and a giant creature that features the two solving puzzles together. Though it has been in development for many, many years, Sony reintroduced the title during their E3 2015 press event with a trailer and expected release date of 2016 for […]

World record-holding limbo dancer Shemika Charles recently shimmied underneath a car. A story by Barcroft TV captured the unique feat as well as an interview with Charles as she discusses her uncommon accomplishments.

Travel agency Lawrence of Morocco has created a wonderfully informative map that shows where every episode of the HBO series Game of Thrones was filmed, specifically focusing on the beautiful areas of Morocco that were used to portray Astaphor, Pentos and Yunkai. One of the main attractions of the series is the stunning settings that […]

ThinkGeek has created an awesome ceramic mug that is shaped like a d20 die. The mug is ThinkGeek’s latest creation in a series of novelty items shaped like a twenty-sided die. It is currently available to purchase online. Pencils, paper, dice, miniatures, rule books. These are the essential components of a pen-and-paper gaming session. But […]

A clumsy Nao Robot hilariously slipped on the Frosted Raspberry Pop-Tart that it repeatedly tried to feed to Unbox Therapy‘s incredibly apprehensive dog who really wanted nothing to do with the little humanoid. Here’s Unbox Therapy unboxing their Nao. via Tastefully Offensive

To celebrate summer vacation, Evan Botello posted an amusing video of his brother spinning around in an office chair propelled by a gas-powered leaf blower. GIF via YouTube via Digg

image via Google Maps A Milwaukee man named Mark Gubin has maintained a “Welcome to Cleveland” sign painted on the roof of his building at 2893 South Delaware Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin since 1978. The sign can be seen by incoming aircraft landing at Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport and has been the cause of some […]

Atlanta-based filmmaker Marcus Rosentrater, a senior animator behind the Archer television series, has created “Star Wars Wars“, a mind-bending full-length video of all six Star Wars films playing at once. The entire collection of still photos featuring the overlapping films are available to view on Imgur. images via maurcs via Esquire

Microsoft showcased an incredible demonstration of the video game Minecraft using the Microsoft HoloLens at their E3 2015 press event. The demonstration specifically shows off the various ways a player can manipulate the video game world with the help of the hologram-producing device. via Kotaku

The creative family behind Cupcakes by SJ has built a wonderful LEGO-themed wedding cake out of tiny fondant LEGO bricks. Their cake also features a team of worker minifigs who are rolling out a final layer of fondant icing over the visible bricks. photo via Cupcakes by SJ via Mashable

Moments is a new standalone app by Facebook that lets users privately share photos with friends from events like parties, weddings, or any other group activity. The app groups photos with facial recognition and time that they were taken, and once synced, everyone at the event can have access to the group’s photos. Favorites can […]

Conan O’Brien, Andy Richter, and Aaron Bleyaert recently teamed up and battled cast members from HBO‘s television series Silicon Valley in the upcoming video game Halo 5: Guardians on a recent episode of the Clueless Gamer series. Silicon Valley stars Thomas Middleditch, TJ Miller, and Zach Woods had a good time mopping the floor with […]

The cover of the June 22, 2015 issue of The New Yorker shows a view of a modern playdate featuring Minecraft and by cartoonist Chris Ware. Ware also wrote a companion essay explaining the cover and his daughter’s love of Minecraft.

A new trailer for the upcoming DOOM video game features fast-paced gunplay and gruesome monsters. DOOM is currently available to pre-order on Amazon with a tenuous Spring 2016 release date.

Rapper None Like Joshua demonstrates 23 styles of rap in under five minutes. In the video, NLJ covers various rap genres as well as the styles of specific rappers like Eminem and Nicki Minaj. via Tastefully Offensive

Bethesda Softworks revealed a series of gameplay snippets for the upcoming post-apocalyptic video game Fallout 4 as part of their recent E3 2015 showcase. Fallout 4 is currently scheduled to release on November 10, 2015. A special edition of the video game featuring a Pip-Boy replica that can house a smartphone is currently available for […]

A tiny Nigerian dwarf goat named Buckminster happily hops along the hallway of his human Jenny‘s house without a care in the world, except perhaps at what time he’s getting his next meal. via Daily Picks and Flicks

A blind calico cat named Stevie recently climbed a mountain in the Comeragh Range located near County Tipperary, Ireland alongside her doting human Patrick. While Stevie wasn’t able to see the beautiful scenery around her, she used her keen sense of smell (and Patrick) to help guide her along the way. submitted via Laughing Squid […]

Yoga at Connie’s in Latham, Illinois has partnered with the Decatur Homeward Bound Pet Shelter and is currently offering combination human/feline yoga classes that allow adoptable cats to find their very own perfect (and flexible) human who will take them home forever. images via Homeward Bound Pet Shelter via The Dodo, My Modern Met

In a recent animated sketch by CollegeHumor, cartoon Captain Picard and Darth Vader argue over which is nerdier: Star Wars or Star Trek. The sketch plays on common criticisms of both franchises like that odd-numbered Star Trek movies are bad, and that the Star Wars prequel trilogy doesn’t count.

Lionsgate has released the first teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, the fourth installment of the ongoing Hunger Games film series. Part two follows the reluctant hero Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) as she hopes to put an end to the deadly fight against President Coriolanus Snow (Donald Sutherland) and The Capitol. […]

Over/Under is a gorgeous photo series by Matty Smith that simultaneously captures the beauty of a body of water along with the incredible amount of life that’s breathing just below and above the surface. Limited edition prints are available for purchase through Smith’s site. photos by Matty Smith via Faith Is Torment, My Modern Met, […]

Bandai Namco‘s subsidiary company, CCP, has created a line of miniature remote-controlled helicopters featuring the Millennium Falcon, a TIE Fighter, and an X-wing Starfighter from Star Wars. The Star Wars toys are based off of CCP’s Pico Falcon collection, which are currently one of the world’s smallest RC helicopters. They are scheduled to release on […]

In 2011, filmmaker Brent Hoff captured rare and amazing underwater footage of a deep sea squid giving birth, depositing the tiny cephalopods out into the ocean, glowing like falling stars before swimming out on their own. According to Squid World, a female can produce thousands of eggs at one time. Thousands of eggs can be […]

“The Real Housewives of Westeros” by Dirty Cues, is a silly parody of both Game of Thrones and the Bravo “Real Housewives” franchise by showing what would happen if the several of strongest female characters of Westeros were forced to socially interact with each other, reality style. All your favorite Game of Thrones cast members […]

Mathematician James Grime explains why the number 82,000 is particularly interesting in a recent video by Numberphile. It all has to do with base 10 and positional notation.

The trick shot artist group How Ridiculous has broken their own world record for “Greatest height from which a basketball is shot” with a 126.5-meter shot from the top of the Gordon Dam in Tasmania. This shot broke their previous record of 91.113 meters from the top of the Euromast building in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The group […]

Alien Cat Matilda is a beautiful and beloved classic tabby, whose eyes are a oversized due to a progressive genetic disorder. Over the past few months Mathilda unexpectedly developed retinal detachment in both of her eyes. The little feline receives frequent care with a veterinary ophthalmologist who regularly checks her “alien eyes” to make sure […]

Online novelty retailer Archie McPhee has released a realistic-looking latex mallard duck mask that will help anyone out with their duck face selfie game. The mask is available to purchase online. Finally, you can take real duck face selfies! When you wear this mask and people shout “duck” at you, they’ll just be describing you, […]

While walking along the Ocklawaha River with his family, a Florida man named Richard Jones captured an incredible shot of a startled raccoon standing on top of an unsuspecting alligator at the Ocala National Forest. Jones told WFTV 9 that the raccoon was probably startled by their presence and stumbled onto the alligator thinking it […]

In a recent video by Wired, paleontologist Jack Horner, who served as a technical advisor for the Jurassic Park franchise, discusses how the new dinosaur Indominus Rex was designed for Jurassic World. Horner explains how the Indominus is a transgenic animal, combining DNA elements from different types of animals that give it different traits. Transgenic animals are already […]

“Intergalactic Lovers“, a collaborative project between Israeli musician Kutiman and Fiverr, is an ethereal original song that features 24 musicians from a dozen different countries. This wonderful song is a departure from Kutiman’s usual songwriting style of combining unrelated YouTube videos.

Bethesda Softworks revealed Dishonored 2, a sequel to the popular 2012 video game Dishonored by Arkane Studios, at their E3 2015 showcase last night in Los Angeles, California. The announcement trailer, which seems to be about all that publicly exists for the game at this point, features a new assassin with a particular set of […]

In a recent episode of the Vox series Observatory titled “Jurassic Park was ahead of its time. Jurassic World is not,” Vox criticizes Jurassic World for its lack of feathered dinosaurs despite mounting evidence to the contrary discovered since Jurassic Park was released in 1993. Paleontologist Jack Horner, who served as a technical advisor on the Jurassic Park franchise, said that […]

“Crystal Maiden” is another brilliant musical mashup from Wax Audio that combines together the classic Iron Maiden song “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son” with the song “Jupiter Shift” by The Crystal Method. The original version of each song. “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son“ “Jupiter Shift“ submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

On a recent episode of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon and actress Lena Dunham of the HBO television series Girls faced off in an intense lip sync battle to songs like “Fat Bottomed Girls” by Queen and “Run’s House” by Run DMC. Dunham later sat down with Fallon to talk about how she would […]

Dr. Paul Olsen, a paleontologist and professor at Columbia University, critiques a series of different dinosaur toys and points out inaccuracies in a recent episode of the Mashable series The Watercooler. Despite the many flaws Dr. Olsen finds with the toys, he doesn’t seem to think children should be discouraged from playing with them. So I think […]

Zack Poitras, Matt Mayer, and John Harris of Funny or Die have teamed up to create a silly homemade remake of the Game of Thrones television series intro. Some of the famous cities in Westeros are given a funny overhaul in their remake. A Pez Yoda and an Apple store are among a few of […]

Fallout Shelter is a game by Bethesda Softworks that puts the player in charge of a Vault from the Fallout video game franchise. Players are responsible for building their Vault and then making sure their dwellers are happy, protected, and on the road to repopulating the Earth. Fallout Shelter is currently available on iOS. images […]

Kevin Rubio and Synaptic Studios have created “Ackbar’s Eleven,” a silly mashup of Star Wars and Ocean’s Eleven where Admiral Ackbar sounds like the slick con-man Danny Ocean (George Clooney). The funny mashup has Ackbar stepping up in front of a group of Rebel fighters and planning out a lucrative heist that they will all […]

Punk singer David Achter de Molen from the band John Coffey caught and drank a beer thrown to him while crowd-walking during a recent performance at the Pinkpop 2015 festival in Holland. via Jon Lazar

Freelance editor and reviewer Mr. Sunday Movies has created a new video where he points out and explains nearly every Easter egg reference hidden in the newly released film Jurassic World. Mr. Sunday Movies also released a video filled with interesting facts about the Jurassic Park franchise:

Photographer Zachary Nelson of Jerry Rig Everything has posted a beautiful and surprising example of aerial wedding videography using a GoPro camera mounted to a DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter. via PetaPixel

A peacock mantis shrimp carefully surveys its surroundings at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in a recent video. With claws that crack clam shells, the peacock mantis shrimp has a well-deserved reputation for muscling its way through coral reefs. But it’s the eyes that make this tiny beast an unbelievably effective hunter. Moving each eye independently, […]