Rebecca Escamilla
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Minor League Baseball Team Serves Up Kripsy Kreme Doughnut Hot Dogs Topped With Jam and Bacon
Doughnut chain Krispy Kreme and the Wilmington Blue Rocks, a Delaware-based Minor League Baseball team, teamed up to create a hot dog topped with raspberry…
A Complicated Dessert That Blooms Like a Flower
Chef Joaquim Sousa of the Ipsylon Restaurant at The Oitavos hotel in Cascais, Portugal prepared a complicated chocolate dessert that blooms like a flower when…
Sir Terry Pratchett (1948-2015), Prolific Fantasy Author Best Known for the ‘Discworld’ Books
So much universe, and so little time. Prolific fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett, best known for his Discworld books, passed away today at the age…
A Series of Stained Glass-Style Illustrations of Acclaimed Scientists
Neil deGrasse Tyson Aaron Coleman created a series of boldly colored stained glass-style illustrations of acclaimed scientists from history and the present for Shutterstock in…
A Mischievous Cat Secretly Flipping the Bird Inside the Chest Pocket of a T-Shirt
The Lord Nermal t-shirt from Ripndip Clothing features what looks like a little cat peeking curiously out of the shirt’s pocket, but pulling the pocket…
‘Young Hearts’, A Cute Short Film About Senior Citizen Couples in Love
“Young Hearts” is a cute short film by Acapulco Films featuring interviews about love with senior citizen couples as they dance together. via Coudal Partners
Samsung Helps Residents of Istanbul Neighborhood Learn Sign Language to Surprise Hearing-Impaired Neighbor
Samsung Turkey and Leo Burnett Istanbul produced “Hearing Hands”, a touching ad for their new video call center for hearing-impaired customers. The ad shows residents…
Doves Type, A Typeface Lost Over a Feud & Rediscovered Almost 100 Years Later at the Bottom of the River Thames
The BBC has documented the amazing rediscovery of Doves Type, a typeface lost in 1916 after its owner, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, resolved a feud over its…
Amy the Pet Pig Hams It Up With Canine Pals at the Family Dog Training Center in Kent, Washington
Amy the pig hams it up for the camera at the Family Dog Training Center in Kent, Washington. At the center, six-month-old Amy trots alongside…
Bathers Create Zany Frozen Hairstyles by Bobbing Their Heads Out of Hot Springs Into Frigid Air in Yukon, Canada
Adventurous bathers braved temperatures well below freezing in Whitehorse, Yukon, last month to participate in a hair freezing contest at Takhini Hot Pools. The Canadian…