Talented wildlife photographer David Weiller (previously) has captured absolutely hypnotic footage of a rather bucolic bright green and yellow spiny devil katydid who stared intently into the camera with intense pink eyes under a thorny orange crown. This Spiny Devil Katydid has powerful black-tipped mandibles and it can use its spiny limbs as a ‘casting…
Giant Dinosaurs Create Chaos in Paris in an Incredible Digital Prehistoric Safari Projected Onto City Buildings
French artist Julian Nonnon has created “Prehistoric Safari”, a video-mapped assortment of giant dinosaurs that were projected onto the buildings of Paris. These extinct animals were digitally brought back to life to cause some playful chaos and a little panic amongst the citizens within the City of Light. The origin of this mess is a…
A Fascinating Video Chart That Calculates the Odds of Possessing a Rare Superpower Human Mutation
Comparison vlogger Reigarw has put together a fascinating video chart that calculates at the odds of possessing rare human superpowers. Included in this list are various sleeping habits, high IQ levels, ambidexterity, photographic memory, speed, endurance, visual acuity, and supertasting. Also plotted in this chart are the odds of having an amazing resistance to such…
A Revealing Map of the Most Common Languages Spoken in the U.S. Other Than English or Spanish
In 2014, we posted really interesting maps showing the most commonly spoken languages in the United States other than English. In 2020, Andy Kiersz and Ivan De Luce of Business Insider updated that map to also exlude the Spanish language using data from IPUMS USA. The newer map revealed that the predominant languages originate from…
Rick and Summer Get Stuck in a Meta Pringles Ad in the ‘Rick and Morty’ Pringles Super Bowl Commercial
In the very meta Rick and Morty ad for Pringles set to air during the Super Bowl LIV game, Rick Sanchez and granddaughter Summer find themselves stuck inside an endless Pringle commercial with a troop of robotic Mortys plugging their wide variety of flavors Stack Pringles. Make endless new flavors. Stack Pringles. Make endless new…
A Captivating Oil Painting Featuring the Colorful Creatures of the Deep Sea Trying to Eat Each Other
Artist Eduardo del Rio has created “Aquatic Angst” an absolutely captivating oil painting that features the colorful creatures of the deep sea closely fit together, with some attempting to consume others. del Rio stated that this piece, which took over a year to complete, is a symbol of modern society. Aquatic Angst. It the depths…
A Deliciously Creepy Hercules Beetle Grub Cake
Katherine Dey of Deviant Desserts has made rather creepy but somehow delicious-sounding strawberry lemon cake that’s covered in buttercream made to look like a garden variety Hercules beetle grub. Larger than life size Hercules Beetle grub made out of strawberry lemon cake and vanilla meringue buttercream. If one of these plopped onto your plate would…
Beastie Boys Share Their Story in a New Documentary Directed by Spike Jonze on Apple TV+
Spike Jonze (previously) is directing the Beastie Boys Story for Apple TV+, which premieres on April 24, 2020. The documentary focuses on live interviews with surviving Beastie Boys members “Mike D” Diamond (previously) and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz. The pair tell a little story about the band and talk about their long history together, including the…