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Melissa is an adorably petite Scottish Fold cat with an incredibly long tongue that she likes to stick out most of the time. Melissa lives in Russia with her photographer human Alina Esther, who is able to capture the wonderful expressions of this silly little cat–including the now-famous shot that earned Melissa the nickname “Einstein […]

Mystery Show is a new mystery-solving podcast hosted by Starlee Kine and released through Gimlet Media. Each week, Kine attempts to solve a different mystery with the stipulation that the answer can’t be found on the Internet. So far she has solved cases about things like disappearing video stores and mysterious belt buckles. As she states […]

A very stubborn Goldendoodle named Roscoe sits atop his human’s three-wheeled ATV in a video, riding away on a dirt road in Lancaster, New Brunswick and ignoring repeated protestations for him to stop and come back.

The Smithsonian Channel has compiled amazing slow-motion footage of such exploding plants as violets, touch-me-nots, and squirting cucumbers as they burst open in order to disperse and propagate their seeds.

SciShow host Hank Green explains how recycling works, from single stream recycling plants to the specifics of how paper is broken down.

Artist Ann Carrington has created a gorgeous mixed media Galleon sculpture that she made with found pearl chokers, wedding tiaras, brooches, earrings, and tangled necklaces. The sculpture is an interesting comment on the perceived elegance of pearls and the reality of pearl farming in China. This sculpture is inspired by Wing Wo Wave City an […]

Whaletone pianos are stunning instruments with the sleek look of orcas and dolphins. The black Royal Digital piano is the larger version—though not quite as big as an orca. The white Grand Hybrid piano is a smaller version, though both look like they have dorsal fins when the tops are opened. photos via Whaletone via […]

20th Century Fox has released a new commercial and series of character posters for Fantastic Four, the upcoming reboot film directed by Josh Trank and based on Marvel’s renowned group of superheroes. The new commercial has the young superhero team finding out what they are really made of and gearing up for what’s to come. […]

image via Jasmine Milton A gorgeous husky dog named Anuko had no problem expressing his disappointment with four different dirty looks aimed towards his human after he realized she hadn’t actually thrown the ball for him to retrieve. So I pretended to throw a ball and caught the exact moment my dog realised I had […]

Dragon Mask Pattern Dallas, Texas-based doctoral student Matthew of TetraVariations has created a collection of papercraft mask patterns portraying dinosaurs, Cthulhu, skulls, dragons, video game characters, and more. They are all available to purchase online from his Etsy store. Cthulhu or Ood Mask Pattern Skull Mask Pattern Dinosaur Mask Patterns Metroid Mask Pattern Elephant Mask […]

image by Hong Hao via Chinese Contemporary Chinese artist Hong Hao documents the things in his life by scanning each one and creating gorgeous digital collages from the images in his series My Things. image by Hong Hao via Artsy image by Hong Hao via Chinese Contemporary image by Hong Hao via Chinese Contemporary image […]

The short film “Denali” is a heartbreakingly beautiful tribute by Ben Moon to his deceased dog Denali. Filmmaker Ben Knight of Felt Soul Media used first-person narration to give voice to Denali, who told the story of the incredibly close relationship he shared with Ben, the challenges they faced throughout the years together, and about […]

Filipino DJ and dancer DJ Kalan, now also known as DJ Stove, hilariously mixes up a track on a gas stove using the flame for effect and spinning invisible knobs in a video he made last year. Since then he has upgraded his gear and added lights to his show and a few more burners […]

For anyone interested in a space-themed update to a classic office globe, ThinkGeek is offering a solar-powered Mars spinning globe. The tiny desk planet has a 4.5 inch diameter, considerably smaller than the actual planet Mars, which has a diameter of 6,792 km. images via ThinkGeek

Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir is legendary comic creator Stan Lee‘s upcoming memoir written and illustrated in the form of a graphic novel. Lee wrote the memoir about his life and the history of comic books alongside fellow writer Peter David. Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir, which features impressive illustration work by artist […]

In 2014, Kelby & Co. partnered with Dropel Fabrics, maker of hydrophobic textiles, to create their first button-down oxford that repels all sorts of liquid. Now, the company is currently accepting pre-orders for their line of button-down shirts, which come in three different styles–white oxford, grey chambray, and checked gingham–and for their new french terry […]

Japanese retailer Parco has expanded their line of sushi-themed suitcase covers to include new types of sushi: tako (octopus), ikura (salmon roe), and saba (mackerel). Each suitcase cover slips over a suitcase and leaves openings for the handle and wheels. When luggage is sent through the conveyor belt in baggage claim, the sushi suitcase looks […]

The Satechi Bluetooth Shutter Button is a small device for remotely triggering a smartphone camera. The device is just 1.375 inches wide, and easily pairs to a smartphone. Once connected, users can press the device rather than the physical button on their smartphone to take more interesting selfies or difficult-to-capture photographs. The button comes with […]

Matt Lees has created an amusing parody of what every single press conference at the video game-focused E3 2015 might look like. Lees takes shots at Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and more.

St. Cloud, Minnesota-based gamer Comrade (a.k.a. “Merfish”) has created a great video where the classic Full House television show intro is remade in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto V. The original Full House intro for comparison and Merfish’s funny outtakes reel:

In celebration of National Corn on the Cob Day on June 11, the comedy duo Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal of Rhett & Link had a contest to see who could eat corn on the cob with electric drills the fastest. Rhett and Link did it right by slathering the corn up, California-style, with mayonnaise, […]

Free is a new app designed to let users easily coordinate plans with their friends when they have some free time. Users can suggest a plan, endorse an idea with a tap, invite others, and create reaction GIFs all from within the app. There are three status settings that can be easily changed to show contacts […]

A sleeping calico cat named Vivi immediately wakes up to the smell of ham and proceeds to voraciously consume the meat in extremely short order. According to her human, YouTube user Yaotzin51, the ham is a rare treat. Our cat Viivi loves to wake up when there’s food involved. …Viivi is 9 years old (born […]

The Oculus Touch is a recently revealed pair of tracker controllers for the Oculus Rift VR headset. The controllers were announced at an event held by Oculus prior to the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo 2015. The Touch resembles a traditional controller cut in half (or perhaps two Wii Nunchuks) with a series of buttons on […]

A Deadly Adoption is an upcoming Lifetime Original Movie starring comedians and former Saturday Night Live stars Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig. Given the comedic background of the film’s stars it is unclear how serious A Deadly Adoption is meant to be in comparison to a typical Lifetime Original Movie, although both stars have done dramatic […]

Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant recently visited a local store and added clever new fake names to ordinary paint colors. Purple is switched out to appropriately become “Barney‘s Blood”, the color black turns into “The Eternal Darkness That Will One Day Consume Us All”, and more. The entire series of images are available to view […]

Owl cafes seem to be popping up all around Tokyo. We previously wrote about the Fukuro no Mise cafe in Tsukishima, and now Internet host Alodia Gosiengfiao has created a wonderful video that offers viewers a first-hand experience of the Ikefukurou Owl Cafe in the Ikebukuro district of Tokyo. images via Ikefukurou Owl Cafe via […]

“Backstage” is the comedy short that opened the 2015 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The video features Bill Hader as the director in charge of coordinating the WWDC’s big opening number as his assistant Charlyne Yi walks him through all the final preparations. The elaborate number features jokes and references to many popular apps, and […]

An adorable one-eyed cat named Mick, who once needed his human‘s assistance to get a drink of water, slowly figures out how to turn on the bathroom faucet over and again. via Tastefully Offensive

In the latest episode of The Fine Brothers‘ series Kids vs. Food, a group of kids react to tasting squid for the very first time. Some of the children love it, others have to spit it back out.

The team of researchers at MIT who developed the miniature self-folding robot we wrote about recently discuss their creation in an article for MIT News. The robot is made of flat segmented plastic that responds to heat to fold itself into its final form. The tiny bot also has a built-in magnet, and is controlled remotely by […]

Walt Disney Animation Studios has released the first trailer for Zootopia, an upcoming animated action-comedy film directed by Byron Howard (Tangled, Bolt) and Rich Moore (Wreck-It Ralph, The Simpsons). The movie follows an anthropomorphic con artist fox named Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman) and rookie rabbit cop Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) as they team up to […]

A talented man and his equally talented dog volley a soccer ball back and forth, showing off their amazing skills along a boardwalk at the beach. via reddit, Tastefully Offensive

Photographer Emily Blincoe, who previously arranged candy and other edible and natural objects by color, has continued her Arrangements series with new photos of various edible and non-edible items neatly arranged in a specifically decided and visually pleasing order. photos by Emily Blincoe via My Modern Met

Mass by Michigan-based artist Carson David Brown is an ongoing series of impromptu color-coordinating temporary installations crafted inside “big box” stores in a commentary against the excess of mass consumption. The artist doesn’t seek permission before creating the installations, which are left in place until an employee discovers and dismantles them. Mass is a site […]

A recent episode of the At-Bristol Science Center series Do Try This at Home demonstrates how to make a simple barometer out of household items to make basic weather predictions. A barometer measures air pressure which is a key factor in meteorology. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

A baseball fan at a recent St. Paul Saints game made an incredible one-handed catch when a bat went flying into the stands, all without dropping his beer. It appears the fan returned the bat after the incident. via Deadspin

A new episode of This Happened Here by Seeker Stories tells the tale of a trip Minneapolis-based photographer Joe Bielawa took in 2009 to Salvation Mountain, a man-made, three-story art installation in the desert outside Niland, California. Built by hand out of mostly adobe clay straw over 30 years by folk artist Leonard Knight, the […]

Tom Scott addresses why some languages use many short words while others use fewer long words in a recent video written with linguist Gretchen McCulloch. Generally it has to do with how or whether morphemes—the smallest meaningful units in a language—are combined in accordance with the sometimes ambiguous morphological typography of each language. A series […]

photo by Siebbi Sir Christopher Lee, the legendary British actor known for his brilliant portrayal of evil villains and monsters, lending his striking good looks and sonorous voice to such films as Dracula, The Man With the Golden Gun, The Wicker Man, and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, passed away in London on June […]

The mobile device repair shop MLab has installed “Text Walking Lanes” on the streets of Antwerp, Belgium to prevent distracted pedestrians from collisions that could result in dropped and damaged devices. The lanes are similar to those recently installed in other places like the city of Chongqing, China and the campus of Utah Valley University. photos via […]

Filmmaker Ross Ching and dancer Karen X. Cheng created the short film “Tilting the Streets of San Francisco.” Tilting the camera while filming people on the steep streets of San Francisco creates disorienting illusions performed in the signature high-energy style Cheng has developed. Ross got the idea for this video after seeing some photos with […]

PBS Idea Channel host Mike Rugnetta explores why Hollywood remakes movies in a recent episode of the series. Rugnetta points out that yes, money is an important factor, but really the reason behind the constant remaking of culture is much more complicated and includes factors like ease of use. Fantastic Four, Jurassic World, The Hulk, […]

In “How Do You Distinguish Americans?“, a Korean student who goes by the name Sw yoon gathered together a number of vox pop interviews with various young people from different countries regarding their perceptions of Americans. While yoon states that “this video contains the stereotypes toward America and don’t necessarily reflect the views of the […]

YouTube user TAOFLEDERMAUS pours a can of Coke over a pan of molten lead to create an odd-looking metal pancake. What happens when you pour Coca Cola into a pan of molten lead? Obviously, ART occurs! I actually was hoping the Coke would boil off, and the syrup left behind would auto-ignite. However, a big […]

In his latest video, filmmaker and dancer Meir Kalmanson exuberantly dances behind unsuspecting people in various locations around New York City. We’ve previously written about Kalmanson high-fiving people as they try to hail cabs, and seeing if strangers will let him nap on their shoulder in the subway. via Tastefully Offensive

London-based film enthusiast Roman Holiday has created a supercut video of movie characters opening up a refrigerator and looking around inside. The full list of movies featured are available to view on Vimeo. music by Pérez Prado – “Anna-Twist“

Scuba diver and marine researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla is seen leaving a protective shark cage and high-fiving a massive great white shark off Guadalupe Island, Mexico in an incredible video posted to his Facebook page. The shark, known as Deep Blue, was the subject of a Discovery Shark Week feature and is considered to be one […]

The Atlantic has created an animated video that takes a look at the history of housing from the basic painted cave in 25,000 BC to the 3D-printed house of 2015. Throughout human existence, homes have varied drastically in scope, size, and design. Cob houses originated in the eleventh century, are made from straw and earth, […]

The Warp Zone and musician Peter Hollens recently teamed up to perform a great a capella cover of the theme song to Steven Spielberg‘s 1993 sci-fi adventure film Jurassic Park. The original Jurassic Park theme song for comparison: