Kaci Hansen of the aptly named Homicidal Homemaker horror themed cooking/cocktail series, has created “The Shining REDRUM Roll Cake”. This intricate log cake is an edible replication the iconic pattern of the red and orange rug that lined the hallways of the Overlook Hotel in the 1980 Stanley Kubrick film The Shining. You have no…
Swedish Actor Joel Kinnaman Answers a Series of Questions That Determine How Nordic He Really Is
While promoting his upcoming film The Informer, Swedish-American actor Joel Kinnaman (The Killing, Altered Carbon) happily answered a series of amusing questions that were oriented towards his native Scandinavia. Just like the test that was previously given to Mads Mikkelsen and Jonas Åkerlund, Kinnaman was graded in how thoroughly Nordic his answers were. Kinnaman started…
A Pair of Curious Dogs Figure Out How to Operate Two-Dimensional Game That Releases Yummy Treats
Albert and Delta, two adorable Labrador retrievers, took turns figuring out how to operate a machine their engineer human (previously) built for them. This game was built around two-dimensional movement, which when properly operated, would lead to a waiting reward. At first, Albert was having a bit of difficulty figuring out what to do, but…
Clever Buttered Toast iPhone Case That Saves Screens When Landing Butter Side Down Due To Murphy’s Law
The Japanese company Fairy and You has created a very clever line of iPhone cases that look like a piece of toast, which according to the “Buttered Toast Phenomenon” of Murphy’s Law, will always fall butter side down. If this principle holds true, then this clever case will act as a helpful screen saver should…
A Creative Scented Candle That Tantalizingly Looks and Smells Like a Bowl of Froot Loops Cereal
Jennifer Cox of CandleLit Deserts in Nashville, Tennessee creates wonderfully delectably realistic candles and soaps that look and smell exactly like yummy desserts and other foods. One such candle looks exactly like a half-eaten bowl of Froot Loops cereal, complete with a real spoon sunk into the seemingly cereal-flavored wax. Yes it’s a candle and…
Little Girl Tearfully Refuses to Let Go of the Cuddly Squash That Her Mom Was Going to Cook for Dinner
An adorable 3-year-old tearfully informed her bewildered mother that she didn’t want anyone to eat the cuddly butternut squash that she was cradling in her arms and stubbornly refused to let go of the curvy gourd. The little girl then walked away with her new friend (a girl), leaving her mother to make other plans…
True Facts About the Bolas Spider by Ze Frank
Ze Frank hilariously provides some tantalizing true facts about a Bolas spider named Nancy. What Nancy does with her butt rope is nobody’s business.
The Shortest-Lived Independent Country in History
In a rather manic video essay on Half as Interesting, narrator Sam from Wendover talks about which nation has had the shortest lifespan of them all. Unsurprisingly, the answer is complicated. Among the candidates for the shortest-lived country is the Sultanate of Zanzibar for one day in 1963, the Republic of Crimea for one day…