Laughing Squid
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Former US Army Ranger Shows How to Lift an Unconscious Casualty and Transport Them to Safety
Former US Army Ranger Wil M. Willis demonstrates how to do a "Ranger Roll", a life saving technique for lifting an unconscious casualty.
An Animated Retelling of King Midas’ Golden Touch and His Later Acquisition of the Ears of an Ass
In a fascinating Ted Ed lesson written by PhD candidate Iseult Gillespi and animated by Jeremiah Dickey, narrator Addison Anderson tells the full story of…
Deadpool Ceramic Tiki Mug
ThinkGeek has released a red ceramic Deadpool Geeki Tiki mug that features a marvelous black interior glaze and is microwave safe. You knew it would…
Wonderfully Whimsical Kinetic Wooden Automata That Come Alive With the Simple Turn of a Handle
Japanese woodworker Kazuaki Harada creates whimsical kinetic wooden toys that come to life with the simple turn of a handle.
How Rachel of ‘Friends’ Evolved From Her Spoiled Past to Become a Strong, Successful Woman
As part of their ongoing series of deconstructing the individual personalities of the characters on the classic sitcom series Friends, film and television analysis platform…
Vortecon, A Kinetic Desk Toy That Creates a Mesmerizing Optical Illusion When Spun
UK product designer Kristoph Krisjans has created the Vortecon, a precision machined kinetic desk toy that creates a mesmerizing illusion when spun on a tabletop.…
Don’t Step In It, A Hasbro Game Where Blindfolded Players Try to Step on the Fewest Poops to Win
Don’t Step In It is a hilarious new family game from Hasbro where blindfolded players walk along a mat and try their best to step…
A Multi-Faceted 16 Foot Golden Egg With a Beautiful Pine Sauna Interior That Sits in Kiruna, Sweden
In Sweden’s northernmost city of Kiruna, sits a 16-foot multi-faceted brilliantly reflective golden egg that contains a pine surrounded working sauna that’s open to the…
How Grandfather Clocks Got Their Name
In an interesting episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains how grandfather clocks originally got their name. Grandfather clocks- with their long…
Charlize Theron Talks About Her Life and Takes a Rorschach Test While Eating Spicy Wings
On an intriguing episode of the First We Feast series, Hot Ones, Oscar-winning actress and humanitarian Charlize Theron talked about her life, took a Rorschach…