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Jeff Goldblum Answers Scottish Themed Questions About the End of the World Posed by Wee Claire
While promoting his new film Thor: Ragnarok, the wonderfully affable Jeff Goldblum sat down with Wee Claire of the BBC Scotland show The Social to…
A Clever Dog Correctly Identifies a Yummy Sandwich on a Sign But Can’t Figure Out How to Eat It
While on a walk with his human in Stonehaven, Scotland, a very clever dog named Bailey came upon a sign featuring a yummy sandwich. Bailey…
An Amazing Handmade 3D Zoetrope Featuring Fish With Giant Teeth Endlessly Eating Other Fish
Toymaker Kevin Holmes of 4-Mation created an handmade zoetrope that features 3D printed green fish with yellow fins and big teeth endlessly dining upon other…
Cinemaps, A New Book Featuring Incredibly Detailed Illustrated Maps of 35 Popular Movies
Philadelphia artist and teacher Andrew DeGraff has released Cinemaps, his new book filled to the brim with incredibly detailed illustrated maps of thirty-five popular movies.…
Quimera, A Beautiful Cat Whose Adorable Face Is Perfectly Divided In Half By Two Different Colors
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Quimera twofacedcat (@gataquimera) A beautiful longhaired tortoiseshell cat quite appropriately named Quimera has a unique chimeral…
A Heavy Metal Cover of ‘Kids’ From Stranger Things and the Original Ghostbusters Theme Song
To celebrate the second season of Stranger Things being released on Netflix, guitarist Eric Calderone (a.k.a. “331Erock“) performed a heavy metal cover of the song,…
Binging With Babish Host Creates a Hot Pepper Challenge for ALS In Memory of a Good Friend
In a simultaneously heartbreaking and inspirational episode of “Binging With Babish“, host Andrew Rea revealed his normally hidden face to talk about Garmt van Soest,…
An In-Depth Look at How the Visual Effects Were Made in the Back to the Future Films
For his two-part VFXcool series, Captain Disillusion explores how the diverse visual effects were made in the Back to the Future trilogy. Captain Disillusion teamed…
Giant Sharks Attack a Small Submarine While Competing for a Whale Carcass on ‘Blue Planet’
In fascinating behind-the-scenes footage from the excellent BBC Earth series Blue Planet II, marine researchers got into their submarine and dove deep into the water…
Praetoria, Neill Blomkamp’s New Sci-Fi Short Film About a Troubled Intergalactic General
District 9 and Chappie director Neill Blomkamp of Oats Studios is back to “test the waters” with Praetoria, their mysterious new sci-fi short film about…