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Founder of Lexicon Branding Shares How They Named Such Iconic Products as Swiffer, Fios and BlackBerry
Meghan McDonough of Quartz contacted David Placek, founder of the legendary Lexicon Branding in Sausalito, California, to speak about how the company came up with…
The Missing Crucial Ingredient That Prevents White Chocolate From Being Considered a True Chocolate
ACS Reactions takes a look at the specific ingredients and the chemistry behind creating the cocoa butter based confection white chocolate. The narrator notes that…
How 50 Different People From 50 Different States in the United States Refer to a Fizzy Soft Drink (Soda vs Pop)
In a quenching episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Culturally Speaking, 50 people from 50 different states within the USA shared their regional name…
Eye of the Tiger
This tiger is a true survivor. via Miss Cellania
A Chatty Green Parrot Gleefully Performs Graceful Somersaults Inside the Palm of a Human’s Hand
A big, beautiful chatty green parrot in Bien Hoa, Dong Nai, Vietnam very gleefully performed graceful somersaults inside the palm of a human’s hand. The…
Transformers Themed Band The Cybertronic Spree Performs Cover of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’
Transformers themed tribute band The Cybertronic Spree performed a cover of the iconic Led Zeppelin viking theme "The Immigrant Song".
Creative Hair Artist Creates Powerful and Fun Sculptures Out of the Dreadlocks on Her Own Head
View this post on Instagram A post shared by KY (@laetitiaky) Fashion designer, hair artist, and self-described “Ivorian Goddess” Laetitia Ky creates sculptures out of…
Iconic Celebrities Pose With Their Younger Selves in a Wonderful Time Traveling Photoshop Series
Dutch photoshopper Ard Gelinck has created a wonderful series of images depicting celebrities from music, film and television as they appear in recent times, posing…
How the Iconic ‘Friends’ Ross and Rachel Relationship Offered Hope to Believe in True Love Once Again
In a heartwarming episode of their series deconstructing the individual personalities of the characters on the now-classic sitcom series Friends, hosts Debra Minoff and Susannah…
Bubbly Blaster, An Amusing Device That Turns an Upside Down Bottle of Champagne Into a Spray Gun
The aptly named Bubbly Blaster is a wonderfully amusing device that turns an upside down 750L bottle of champagne into a very tasty spray from…