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A Group of NASA Astronauts Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions About Space
A group of NASA astronauts (Nicole Stott, Jeffrey Hoffman, Chris Hadfield, Jerry Linenger, Leland Melvin, Mae C. Jemison, and Mike Massimino) sat down with Wired…
A Beautiful Metallic Screen Print That Incorporates Songs About Weather Inside a Golden Barometer
The Dorothy Collective has released “The Barometer of Popular Music – Open Edition“, a beautiful metallic screen print that incorporates 300 song titles that reference…
Tom Waits Compiles a Spotify Playlist of His Songs To Introduce Listeners to His Varied Musical Style
Tom Waits is a brilliant musician known for his unique use of the English language, his roaring gravelly voice and a truly diverse musical style.…
Toy Story Voice Actors Recording Their Characters
ScreenSlam shared incredible behind the scenes footage of voice actors from Pixar’s 1995 animated film Toy Story making vocal magic as they record their characters.…
Whimsical Ink Illustrations of Big Cats With Tails That Carry Self-Directed Motivational Messages
A post shared by Kamwei Fong (@kamweiatwork) on Mar 21, 2018 at 11:13am PDT Malaysian artist Kamwei Fong has created a wonderfully whimsical series of…
How to Hydro Dip Items at Home Using Water, Spray Paint, and a Large Bucket
Nate of The King of Random demonstrates how to hydro dip items at home using water, spray paint, and a large bucket.
A Talented Street Musician Beatboxes While Playing the Flute Inside a Train Station in Germany
While traveling in Germany, someone with a smartphone captured an amazing performance of a talented musician playing the flute, wisely using the acoustics of the…
A Mid-Air Battle Between Two Jetpack Samurai
Japanese designer Shota Mori, who built a quick release system for his iPhone back in 2013, is back with a new sport called “Jet Samurai”…
A Powerful Ad Showing How Guide Dogs Can Help Veterans Deal With the Disabling Effects of PTSD
An incredibly powerful, award-winning ad from the The Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation (KNGF) shows a young soldier in battle unable to move. Suddenly another…
Multi-Instrumentalist Performs an Awesome Ska Cover of the Mii Channel Theme Song
Talented multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Andrew Hunter of Ska Tune Network performed an awesome ska cover of Kazumi Totaka‘s Mii Channel theme song. Here is the original…