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The Beloved 1973 Hovis Bread ‘Bike’ Commercial That Features Ridley Scott in an Early Directorial Role
In 1973, a wonderfully heartwarming commercial for the Hovis Bread Company entitled “Bike” featured a young delivery boy (Carl Barlow) who laboriously walked his bike…
Dabchick the Puppet Bird Reenacts His Elaborate Racing Dream to Explain Why He Wet the Bed
In an episode of the very talented puppeteer Barnaby Dixon‘s humorous series about puppet Dabchick. The titular bird awakes to find out that he’s wet…
Proud Silverback Gorilla Stands in the Middle of the Road to Block Traffic So His Family Can Safely Cross
Photographers for the BBC Earth program Gorilla Family and Me captured heartwarming footage of a proud and protective silverback gorilla who stood like a statue…
Emma, A Super Creepy 15 Second Horror Film
Emma is a super creepy 15-second horror film, created by director Daniel Limmer of Nemada Film Production that won first place in the international 15…
How to Record Audio for Slow Motion Video
Engineer Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day met up with Gordon McGladdery of A Shell in the Pit, the guy who creates the music and…
LEGO Stop-Motion Animated Remake of Stranger Things Season Two
Bookshelf Productions has created a new LEGO stop-motion animated remake of some of the most memeorable scenes from the second season of Stranger Things. Last…
Epic Scenes From Star Wars Films Set to the Song ‘War Pigs’ by Black Sabbath
Voordeel created an amazing video featuring epic scenes from Star Wars movies, set to the heavy-hitting song "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath.
An Amazing Display of 8,000 Tiny Colorful Paper Sculptures Made From Chopstick Sleeves
A post shared by Riko Okuyama (@rikookuyama) on Nov 27, 2017 at 8:00pm PST One day in 2012, a thoughtful customer left his waiter Yuki…
A Herd of Spry Antelope Run Across a Montana Highway to Reach a Field on the Other Side
While driving along Highway 41 in Montana, Big Sky Videos captured the remarkable sight of an antelope herd running en mass up and across the…
Stunning Timelapses Showing How Night Skies Are Affected by Light Pollution Across the United States
In 2016, filmmaker Sriram Murali, who specializes in night sky photography and is involved with the International Dark-Sky Association, created “Lost in Light“, a stunning…