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How Dissonance and Anticipation Add Complexity to Led Zeppelin’s Viking Anthem ‘The Immigrant Song’
12Tone, the wonderfully fast-talking, quick-doodling music theorist, offers a surprisingly lengthy analysis of the 2 1/2 minute Led Zeppelin Viking-themed anthem “The Immigrant Song”. He…
An Incredible Life-Sized Volkswagen Type 2 Westfalia Camper Van Made Out of 400,000 LEGO Bricks
Volkswagen, in partnership with the f.re.e. travel convention in Munich, Germany, unveiled an incredibly detailed, life-sized replica of the iconic Type 2 Westfalia Camper Van…
Ryan Reynolds Shares Touching Tribute to John Candy on 25th Anniversary of the Comedian’s Tragic Death
Actor Ryan Reynolds created and shared an incredibly touching video tribute to fellow Canadian John Candy on the 25th anniversary of Candy’s tragic death. Candy…
Rescued Long-Horned Bull Adorably Pouts After Accidentally Deflating His Ball on Barbed Wire Fence
A long-horn bull was having fun chasing after his big red ball across an open field when he bumped it into a fence, and it deflated.
In The RP2A Over The Sea, A Chiptune Cover of ‘In The Aeroplane Over The Sea’ by Neutral Milk Hotel
Pixel artist Doctor Octoroc (previously) has created “In The RP2A Over The Sea”, a chiptune cover of the indie rock album “In The Aeroplane Over…
Mousr, An Adorable Autonomous Robotic Toy That Intelligently Learns How to Entertain a Cat for Hours
Mousr is a brilliantly designed, smart robotic chase toy that works with a proprietary app to design a plan to keep that cat entertained at…
Weezer Joins Jimmy Fallon and The Roots for a Classroom Instruments Cover of a-ha’s ‘Take On Me’
While promoting their Teal album of cover songs and other new projects, the members of Weezer joined Jimmy Fallon and The Roots in a Tonight…
All Queens Chess, A Unique Chess Game Solely Made Up of Powerful Queens That Can’t Be Captured
ThinkFun has created All Queens Chess, a unique strategy game that combines the rules of chess with the logic of tic-tac-toe. All of the game…
What a Popping Balloon Sounds Like Inside an Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Tower
While visiting the new NWAA acoustic test lab built inside an abandoned, unused nuclear plant in Elma, Washington, project engineer Matt Ballos and audio specialist…
Farmer Pulls an Enormous Carrot Out of a Dirt Barrel
Back in 2014, Dan of Allotment Diary pulled his very first show carrot from a greenhouse dirt barrel after seeing a hopeful crack in the…