While appearing on the short-lived UK game show Last Chance Lottery in 1997, a leopard-suited Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden spun the song wheel, which landed on “Delilah” for £850. Dickinson grabbed the microphone and launched into the classic Tom Jones ballad with gusto. The house band responded in kind, creating an original heavy metal…
A Badass Guitar Frame Made Out of Reclaimed Nails
In the past we’ve posted about guitars being made of colored pencils, epoxy, Jawbreakers candy, paper, skateboards and even udon noodles. In that very same vein, craftsman Tim Sway has built a pretty badass electric guitar frame out of reclaimed nails. Sway had a collection of these nails just waiting to be put to use….
Making Biodegradable Plates and Bowls Out of Leaves
A short but informative video essay by Insider goes inside Vistaraku, a company in Hyderabad, India that makes biodegradable disposable plates and bowls out of leaves from the Palash Tree (Butea monosperma). The leaves have natural antiseptic qualities that make them a perfect food grade material. The company also employs local women from various nearby…
Resourceful Red Fox Cares for Her 13 Babies Alone After Car Accident Turned Her Into a Single Mother
Nature photographer and filmmaker Judy Lehmberg of Environmental Science Labs has captured the amazing sight of a resourceful red fox in Paradise Valley, Montana who was left as a single mother to care for her 13 babies alone after the father was killed by a car. The male fox was killed by a car (they…
Creepy 3D Renderings of Pop Culture Characters
Yan Blanco, a freelance 3D artist in São Paulo, Brazil has quite cleverly transformed adorable pop culture icons into creepy, exhausted looking creatures who’ve seen the harder side of life. Peppa Pig has grown a double chin and a perpetual cigarette in her mouth, a mangy Bugs Bunny has yellow teeth, a floppy ear and…
Ten Year Old Drummer Impressively Plays a Brilliant Cover of ‘Bulls on Parade’ by Rage Against the Machine
Previously we wrote about Japanese drumming prodigy Yoyoka Soma whose cover of the Led Zeppelin song “Good Times Bad Times” won effusive raise from the band’s legendary frontman Robert Plant. Since that time Yoyoka has been honing her craft with such classic rock songs as “Bulls on Parade” by Rage Against the Machine, “Can’t Stop”…
Determined Skokomish River Salmon Cross a Flooded Road While Racing Upstream to Spawn
In 2016, nature photographer Terence J. Alison of Washington State captured absolutely incredible footage of determined Skokomish River salmon making their way across a flooded road in a race to spawn. Watch salmon battle through traffic on their way upstream to spawn. The sight of these competing salmon swimming across the pavement is something to…
Creative Dad Builds an Interactive Electronic Busy Box From Scratch for His Button-Pushing Toddler Son
The creative dad behind CodeParade noticed that his toddler son, like so many others, loves to push buttons wherever they go, so he decided to build an interactive busy box that incorporates all his son loves about button pushing. He first started with a small wooden box, cut specific holes into the the top to…