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The Appropriately Weird History Behind the Iconic Talking Heads Song ‘Once In a Lifetime’
In 1980, Talking Heads along with producer Brian Eno, released the song “Once In a Lifetime” to moderate success. With the advent of MTV a…
Scientist Proves the Earth Is Round Using Two Sticks and an Orange While Bicycling a Saskatchewan Road
Kurtis Baute proves that the Earth is round with an experiment using two sticks, an orange and a long straight bicycle ride along a flat road.
Montana Veterinarian Slowly and Carefully Brings a Frozen, Unresponsive Long Haired Cat Back to Life
During the extreme cold that hit the state of Montana during the first week of February 2019, a pair of humans found that their cat…
How Focus Music Is Designed to Minimize Distractions
Cheddar takes a look at the booming industry of focus music, specifically how these tracks organically minimize distractions by working with the listeners brain. This…
A Wonderfully Amusing Animation That Imagines How Baguettes Would Move If They Actually Could
Dave Packer of Sheepfilms (previously) has created “Baguette Locomotion”, an amusing animation that imagines how the thin loaves of crusty bread would move if they…
Pennsylvania Bird Lover Spots a Rare Half-Male Half-Female Cardinal Perched on a Tree in Her Backyard
Longtime Pennsylvania bird watcher Shirley Caldwell captured beautiful photos through her Erie kitchen window, of an incredibly rare gynandromorph cardinal who had landed on a…
Narcissist Word Search
Narcissist Word Search by John Atkinson on Wrong Hands
A Creative Woodworker Builds an Automatic Dog Petter
Michigan woodworker Matt Thompson of Thompson Woodworks who once built a marvelous beer dispensing chair in the shape of his beloved state, crafted a wonderful,…
How ‘A Quiet Place’ and ‘Bird Box’ Symbolize the Crippling Anxiety That Comes With Being New Parents
Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of
French Freediver Explores the Ocean For 10 Minutes on a Single Breath in ‘One Breath Around The World’
In the hypnotically gorgeous short film “One Breath Around The World”, French freediving champion Guillaume Néry swam to the ocean floor and began gliding running,…