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A Beautiful Handcrafted Stained Glass Guitar Lamp
In 2017, stainedglassyorkshir created an absolutely beautiful lamp made out of an acoustic guitar body with a stained glass front. While there’s very little information…
Incredibly Realistic Paper Bird Sculptures
In 2012 and 2014, we wrote about Colombian artist Diana Beltran Herrera who creates remarkably lifelike paper bird sculptures that are painstakingly detailed down to…
Adorable Little Creatures Made Out of Food
Sine of Foodbites creates absolutely adorable little creatures out of fruits and vegetables.
16 Cats Wearing Cameras Reveal How Felines Interact With One Another Outside the Presence of Humans
Dr. Maren Huck decided to strap tiny little cameras onto 16 neighborhood cats and followed them around for four years.
A Bizarre Cheer Laundry Detergent Commercial From 1969 That Tried to Tap Into the Popularity of ‘Star Trek’
In 1969, Cheer laundry detergent aired a bizarre, space-themed commercial that tapped into immense popularity of Star Trek at the time. The scene features a…
Musicians Flawlessly Play Their Instruments While Performing an Amusing Series of Tap Dance Routines
During a live show in 2017, the very talented musicians of MozArt Group (previously) flawlessly played their instruments while comedically performing an amusing series of…
Restaurant Recreates Leonardo Da Vinci’s Self Portrait Using Italian Foods to Mark 500 Years Since His Death
The British restaurant chain Bella Italia wanted to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of artist and inventor Leonardo Da Vinci with a strong…
British Polyglot Plays a Medieval Anglo-Saxon Who Casually Speaks Old English During a Faux Interview
Simon Roper, a polyglot vlogger with a wonderful fascination for English historical languages, created a faux documentary for which he played a traditional Anglo-Saxon (albeit…
Bill Hader Giddily Meets His Idol Keith Morrison of ‘Dateline’ After Doing Impressions of Him for Years
Willie Geist surprised Bill Hader by introducing him to his idol Keith Morrison of "Dateline" while he was doing voiceover work in a studio.
For All Mankind, An Apple TV+ Alternate Timeline Series About an Ongoing Space Race With the USSR
During the WWDC 2019 keynote on June 3rd, Apple CEO Tim Cook shared the trailer of an original alternate timeline series entitled For All Mankind,…