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The Story Behind the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special
Christophe Haubursin and Mac Schneider of Vox explain how the 1978 "Star Wars Holiday Special" helped shape the "Star Wars" universe.
As We Are, An Amazing Giant Interactive Head That Displays Images Taken at a Photo Booth in Its Neck
A post shared by Matthew Mohr (@moreismohr) on Dec 2, 2017 at 11:36am PST Artist and physicist Matthew Mohr has created “As We Are” an…
50 Different Ways of Sitting on a Chair
Portland, Oregon stop-motion animator Kevin Parry of LAIKA (The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings) has created an amusing new video where he demonstrates 50…
INKONICITY, Creative Illustrations That Depict the Iconic Imagery of Various Cities Around the World
Italian illustrator and architect Federico Babina has created “INKONICITY,” an animation and collection of creative illustrations that depict iconic imagery and sounds of various cities…
Monstrous Slow Motion Air Chair Hydrofoil Backflips
Darren Dyk of Beyond Slow Motion captured wonderful slow motion footage of Brandon Laufer performing all sorts of monstrous Air Chair hydrofoil backflips.
Hardworking Dog Gleefully Clears Birds From Airport Runways in Order to Prevent Aircraft Bird Strikes
Great Big Story went to Traverse City, Michigan to find out a bit more about K-9 Piper, a specially trained, hardworking border collie and his…
Original Star Wars Concept Art by Ralph McQuarrie Comes to Life in Amazing Fan Trailer
The Star Wars films might have looked quite a bit different, if George Lucas stuck to the original concept drawings that Ralph McQuarrie produced in…
Ryan Williams Performs the World’s First Jaw Dropping Backflip Nothing Front Scooter Flip
BMX and scooter rider Ryan Williams sat down to tell the story behind finally landing the world’s first backflip nothing front scooter flip, titled the…
A Rocket Powered LEGO Star Wars Star Destroyer Explodes Into a Wall at 67 MPH in Slow Motion
David Windestal of RCExplorer and a group of his friends took a 3,152 piece LEGO Star Wars Super Star Destroyer, strapped it to a rocket…
Jimmy Fallon Becomes a Toubled Teenage Charlie Brown in Dark ‘Riverdale’ Parody of ‘Peanuts’
On a hilarious episode of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon became a troubled teenage Charlie Brown while acting out a dark Riverdale parody of…