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Musician Makes His Guitars Sound Like Different Instruments With a Variety of Creative Techniques
Musician David Lap, who continuously makes very amusing use of his amazing string skills, made his various guitars sound like different instruments with a variety…
LEGO Partners With Sight Advocacy Groups to Introduce Braille Bricks for Visually Impaired Children
On April 24, 2019, the LEGO Group, in partnership with The LEGO Foundation and various sight advocacy groups, announced that they will be introducing Braille…
Can You Identify This Mysterious Pink Z3d Pill?
Can someone please help this parent identify the mysterious pink Z3d pill they found in their son’s room? via Miss Cellania
A Chorus of Voices in a Psychedelic Animation Deduce Why a Man Kills Himself Over a Bowl of Albatross Soup
Let The Man Die – Let The Bird Fly In the short film “Albatross Soup” by Winnie Cheung, which features psychedelic animation by Fiona Smyth,…
Actress Gemma Whelan Talks With Graham Norton About Her Role as Yara Greyjoy on Game of Thrones
On an amusing 2017 episode of The Graham Norton Show, actress Gemma Whelan, who plays the fiercely confident Yara Greyjoy on Game of Thrones, talked…
A Sleekly Sophisticated Shiny Silver Liquor Cabinet Made From an RAF MK1 Practice Cluster Bomb
The artisans of Plane Industries who craft incredible chairs made out of cowling from such retired planes as the Boeing 737 and the British Airways…
The Incredible Dexterity of the Light Operator Who Works With Swedish Groove Metal Band Meshuggah
In 2012, photographer Marjorie Coulin captured brilliant footage of Edvard Hansson, the incredible light operator who works with the Swedish groove metal band Meshuggah. Throughout…
Tenements, Towers & Trash, An Amusing Illustrated History of New York City by Cartoonist Julia Wertz
In 2017, critically acclaimed author and cartoonist Julia Wertz (previously) released Tenements, Towers & Trash, a hilariously observant and amusingly nostalgic history of New York…
Foldimate, A Home Robot That Folds Laundry
In 2016 we wrote about the Foldimate Family, a handy home robot that automatically folds, steams, and scents laundry. Since that time, the company has…
A Beautiful Coat Rack Made From an Upcycled Chess Board Positioned in the Classic Caro–Kann Defence
Craftsman Volker Rieck of Creative Holz in Blieskastel, Germany has created a beautiful chess board coat rack that’s positioned in the classic Caro–Kann Defence. Rieck,…