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A Fascinated Group of Longhaired Cats Watch Animated Mice Run Across a Giant Television
On Christmas Eve, a human with a rather large number of longhaired cats did what any parent would do and turned on the television. Specifically,…
The Road Movie, A Wild Documentary Made From Compiled Russian Dashboard Camera Footage
The Road Movie by director Dmitrii Kalashnikov is a wild documentary that offers fascinating insight into Russian life through the dashboard camera footage of its…
A Cat Bed Shaped Like a Giant Fruit Tart
The feline-focused Japanese novelty company Felissimo has created an adorable cat bed shaped like the fluted crust of a fruit tart and even comes with…
Artist Painstakingly Reassembles a Bank of England Five Pound Note Out of Shredded Fiver Misprints
Martin John Callanan, a talented artist, painstakingly reassembled a Bank of England Five Pound Note from a pile of misprinted, uncirculated shredded fivers. Callanan captured…
BMW Sets Guinness World Records For Greatest Distance Vehicle Drift and Longest Twin Vehicle Drift
Danish BMW driving instructor Johan Schwartz drifted the new 2018 BMW M5 sport sedan a total of 232.5 miles around BMW Performance Center’s skid pad…
Security Cameras Capture a Wary Fox and a Confident Owl Facing Off in the Fresh Snow
Security cameras in the town of Cobourg in Ontario, Canada captured the amazing sight of a wary fox facing off against a confident snowy owl…
Our Cartoon President, An Animated Series About Donald Trump in a Cartoonish Parallel Universe
Comedian Stephen Colbert partnered with Showtime to produce Our Cartoon President, an animated, satirical 10-episode series that presents both Donald Trump and his administration in…
A Look at the Amazing Technology Behind Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft
On a high flying episode of Real Engineering, host Brian McManus of Galway, Ireland takes a look at the amazing technology behind vertical take-off and…
An Illustrated History of Solresol, A Language Completely Constructed Out of Seven Musical Notes
In a melodic episode of Things You Might Not Know, guest host 12tone explains via staff paper illustration, the history of Solresol, a language developed…
Brave RSPCA Inspector Crawls Out Onto a Frozen River to Rescue a Dog Who Fell Through the Ice
When a nine year old black Labrador retriever named Hardy fell through the ice of the River Wansbeck near his Northumberland England home, Inspector Jaqui…