Two Graceful Siamese Cats Figure Out How to Pass Each Other While Perched on a Narrow Doorframe
A pair of very graceful and determined siamese cats carefully made a number of adorable attempts to pass each other while perched atop a narrow…
The Windows 95 Startup Sound Played on an Accordion
Musician Jackson Parodi awoke from a slumber and immediately began playing the Windows 95 startup sound on an accordion. After his nostalgic performance, Parodi went…
Sandra Bullock and 7 Other Master Thieves Plan to Rob the Met Gala in New ‘Ocean’s 8’ Trailer
Warner Bros. released a new trailer for Ocean’s 8, an upcoming heist comedy film directed by Gary Ross that is an all-female spin-off of the…
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Co-Founder Pat Quinn Hears His Own Recreated Voice For the First Time
ALS has lost this round In 2013, a young man in Boston named Pat Quinn had just received a devastating diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis…
Jackson Browne Opens Up to Sam Jones About Songwriting, Audience Selfies and Flying Tortillas
In 2016, the great Jackson Browne sat down with Sam Jones of the interview series Off Camera and spoke about his songwriting process, how he…
How People Pleasers Endanger Everyone Around Them by Not Being Honest About Their Feelings
In a helpful animated essay, the very insightful School of Life gently explains how people pleasers do themselves and others around them a disservice when…
How Secondary Chords, Syncopated Rhythms and Functional Harmony Make Toto’s ‘Africa’ So Iconic
Doodling music theorist and musician 12tone analyzed the “internet’s favorite song“, namely “Africa” by Toto. As notes from the song play, the narrator explains how…
The Streets of Israel Come to a Complete Stop Upon the Sounding of the Holocaust Remembrance Siren
At 10:00 AM local time on April 12, 2018, the streets of Israel were flooded with the sound of a two minute siren commemorating Yom…
A Lone Male at Coachella Drunkenly Contemplates His Flip-Flop in a Hilarious Planet Earth Parody
In a particularly funny segment presented as a Planet Earth parody on The Ellen Show, a lone male human who got separated from his group…
The Specific Chemical Structure That Makes Plastic So Strong But Impossible to Biodegrade
Emily Elert from Minute Earth offered a quick explanation of the specific carbon-carbon chemical structure that makes plastic products so strong and useful, but also…