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Kayaker Vertically Plunges Down a 113 Foot Waterfall
Champion kayaker Dane Jackson quite skillfully sent himself safely down the near vertical drop of the Toketee Falls in Douglas County, Oregon. Jackson was rightfully…
A Beautiful CGI Animated Short About an Unlikely Friendship Between a Lonely Fox and a Hunted Mouse
In the beautifully GGI animated short film “The Short Story of a Fox and a Mouse” by students at École Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques (ESMA)…
The Cure Performs the Entire ‘Disintegration’ Album at Sydney Opera House on 30th Anniversary of Release
To mark the 30th anniversary of the release of their 1989 seminal album Disintegration, The Cure performed the album in its entirety at the iconic…
A Magical Calico Cat Reaches Through the Television Screen to Knock a Motorcycle Racer Off His Bike
French motorcycle racing fan William Besserve captured very funny footage of an evidently magical calico cat as she reached through the television screen to knock…
IKEA Recreates Rooms From ‘The Simpsons’, ‘Friends’, and ‘Stranger Things’ With Their Own Furniture
In an ingenious ad campaign for IKEA United Emirates entitled “Real Life Series”, the iconic living rooms from The Simpsons Friends, and Stranger Things were…
The Pros and Cons of Treating Dogs as Fellow Humans
The New Yorker spoke with a number of humans who either live or work with dogs to find out why some treat their canines as…
Ex-FBI Agent Explains the Basics of Body Language
Former FBI agent and best-selling author Joe Navarro sat down with Wired to talk about the basics of reading body language. Using real-life examples, Navarro…
Game of Thrones’ Long-Awaited Cleganebowl Gets Upgraded as Swords Are Replaced With Lightsabers
In a very clever mashup from Immersion VFX, the long-awaited Cleganebowl from Game of Thrones is given a weapons upgrade. Rather than swords, brothers Sandor…
A Beautiful Translucent Electric Guitar Made Out of Multi-Colored Epoxy Resin With a Purple Wooden Neck
Burl, the incredibly creative luthier of Burl’s Art built for himself a colorful translucent guitar made completely out of epoxy resin. Having used this material…
An Incredible Visualization of the Explosive Growth on the Island of Manhattan Over the Course of 400 Years
Danny Ashton of NeoMam Studios created an incredible visualization for client Angi that shows the explosive growth on the island of Manhattan that took place…