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Filmmaker Shares How He Breathes Life Into Music Making Stop Motion Puppets From Recycled Bits
In the wonderful stop-motion, timelapse animation entitled Stems, award-winning filmmaker Ainslie Henderson shares how he creates his stop motion puppets from recycled bits and bobs…
Giant Homemade Rideable Electric TIE Fighter
Hubbards, Nova Scotia creative builder Allan Carver built a giant remote controlled electric Star Wars TIE fighter from scratch that people can ride around in.…
Jerry Orbach and Angela Lansbury Record ‘Be Our Guest’ to a Live Orchestra In a Clip From ‘Howard’
In 1991 Jerry Orbach and Angela Lansbury recorded the "Beauty and the Beast" song "Be Our Guest" accompanied by a live orchestra.
Two Characters From PUBG Find Themselves Fighting Colorful Enemies From the World of Fortnite
Two characters from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) find themselves facing off against colorful enemies from the other popular battle royale video game, Fortnite, in a special-effects…
How High Demand for Dutch Tulips in 17th Century Led to the Practice of Futures Market Speculation
In botanical episode of Adam Ruins Everything, an animated Adam Conover explains the origins of tulip mania, the status tulips offered to Dutch gentry in…
Brave Little Baby Bears Try to Find the Best Tree to Climb While Under Their Mother’s Watchful Eye
A litter of brave little black bear cubs made a number of valiant attempts to put their innate climbing skills to use under the watchful…
BionicFlyingFox, An Ultra-Lightweight Robotic Flying Fox Bat by Festo
The BionicFlyingFox is an ultra-lightweight robotic flying fox bat, brought to life by developers from the Bionic Learning Network at Festo. It is capable of…
Actor/Director John Krasinski Amiably Breaks Down the Lantern Scene From the Film ‘A Quiet Place’
With blue marker in hand, actor John Krasinski broke down a truly compelling scene from his new film A Quiet Place for the ongoing Vanity…
A Little Girl Sweetly Serenades the Resident Cows on the Family Farm With Her Concertina
In July 2017, Irish farmer Denis Lehane in Kilmichael Cork captured truly heartwarming footage of his daughter Grace playing her concertina out in the field.…
The Sounds of a NASCAR Race Hilariously Dubbed Over With Human Voices
Video Dubs took the sounds from a high-speed NASCAR race and hilariosuly dubbed them over with human voices going “nyooom” around every turn. The ending…