How Missing Title Card Information for ‘Night of the Living Dead’ Put Zombies Into the Public Domain
Filmmaker Kristian Williams aka “kaptainkristian” explains how the simple error of omitting the notice of copyright from the title card of his iconic horror film…
The Strong Museum’s Astonishing Collection of Over 500K Toys and Games From United States’ History
Great Big Story traveled to The Strong (a.k.a. “Museum of Play“) in Rochester, New York to take a look at their astonishing collection of over…
The Amazing Paganini Orchestrion, A Self-Playing, Self-Contained Orchestra of 17 Instruments
While at the Speelklok Museum, musician Martin Molin of the band Wintergatan and creator of the Ingenious Marble Music Machine presented the amazing Philipps &…
A Heavy Metal Cover of the Song ‘Smooth’ by Santana and Rob Thomas
Oltedal, Norway musician Leo Moracchioli of Frog Leap Studios created a heavy metal cover of the 1999 song “Smooth” by Santana and Matchbox Twenty vocalist…
Katana Ice, Delicious Japanese Ice Cream Shaped Like Deadly Samurai Swords
Katana Ice is a delicious Japanese ice cream that is shaped like a deadly samurai sword.
Ten Designers Set the Guinness World Record for Building the Tallest Sandcastle in Duisburg, Germany
A post shared by @piaseavres on Sep 4, 2017 at 4:42am PDT A team of 10 designers from around the world met in Duisburg, Germany…
Jack Black Performs a Fabulously Absurd A Capella Cover of the Nirvana Song ‘Polly’ While Driving
From behind the wheel of his car, the incredibly talented Jack Black performed a fabulously absurd a capella version of the Nirvana song “Polly”. Black’s…
How New Characters Are Cleverly Introduced on Stranger Things
In a delightful new video essay, filmmaker Karsten Runquist explored how new characters are cleverly introduced on the Duffer Brothers‘ popular Netflix series, Stranger Things.
How the Use of Color in Game of Thrones Has Changed Over the Past 7 Seasons
The visuals team at Vox analyzed the color pallets used in all 67 episodes (7 seasons) of Game of Thrones and found that the show…
An Interactive Map That Helps Predict the Best Time to See Fall Foliage in 2017 Across the United States
SmokyMountains.com has released their interactive map for 2017 that helps predict the best time for seeing the beautiful fall foliage colors throughout the United States.…