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The Curious Psychological Phenomenon Explaining Why Those With Lesser Ability Overrate Their Skills
In a mordant lesson for Ted-Ed written by educator David Dunning and animated by Russell Etheridge, Allen Lasseter, Ezequiel Matteo, Andrew Embury and Wednesday Studio,…
Popular Film, Television and Theater Plots Cleverly Diagrammed as Minimalist New York City Subway Maps
Artist and designer Jake Berman of Fifty Three Studio has created a really clever series of prints that diagram the plots of popular films, television…
Advice From The Beatles Based on Their Song Lyrics
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Michelle Rial (@michellerial) on Nov 27, 2018 at 4:43pm PST Michelle Rial, who creates amusing charts,…
Ringo Starr Tells Howard Stern About the Time Brian Epstein Called to Ask If He’d Like to Join The Beatles
While appearing on the Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM Radio, the legendary Ringo Starr bemusedly recalled the historic phone call from Brian Epstein, who asked…
A Lively Fox Cub Zooms In and Out of Leafy London Sidewalk Hedge In an Adorable Invitation to Play
While walking in the Docklands of East London, a sharp-eyed passerby captured footage of a lively fox cub zooming in and out of sidewalk bushes…
The Seven Most Evil Characters of ‘Breaking Bad’ Ranked and Categorized in Terms of Their Deadliness
As a follow up to the first half of their very insightful list of Breaking Bad characters rated in terms of overall wickedness, narrators Debra…
Clever Pizza Socks With a Variety of Toppings Packaged in Cardboard Pizza Delivery Boxes
Meg Cyprian and her husband of Warsaw, Poland create incredibly cute and very clever cotton socks that look like different flavors of pizza toppings such…
A Borderless Infinity Puzzle of Earth With Pieces Shaped Like Animals From Around the World
The Earth Puzzle by Nervous System is a wonderfully unique way of viewing the world in through very different eyes. The creators took a standard…
How First Ten Pages of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ Script Comprehensively Sets Premise for the Entire Film
In an insightful video essay regarding the economy of storytelling, filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay takes a look at the first ten…
Handcrafted Wooden Bookshelf Inserts Depicting 3D Dioramic Urban Back Alley Scenes With Working Lights
Monde has created a series of wooden bookshelf inserts that are the size of a paperback book and depict realistic back street alley scenes.