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The World’s Fastest Talker Uses Varying Speeds to Describe His Long Career in Show Business
Great Big Story visited with John Moschitta Jr, actor and former Guinness World Record holder for World’s Fastest Talker, who shared with them how he…
A Clever Rug That Creates the Illusion of a Gaping Hole in the Floor When Viewed at a Certain Angle
British designer Scott Jarvie has created the wonderful Void Rug, a clever floor covering that creates the optical illusion that, when viewed at a certain…
Clever Ad Uses Pink Kittens to Show What People Miss When They Look at Their Phones While Driving
A really clever ad by Think!road safety employs pink kittens, a stylized music video theme and a soundtrack by Aphex Twin, in order to show…
The Haunting Story of the Mad Widow Who Built Winchester Mystery House to Placate Angry Ghosts
In the thriller film WINCHESTER: The House That Ghosts Built, actress Dame Helen Mirren portrays Sarah Winchester, a grieving widow who inherited her late husband’s…
Amazing Dungeon Master Has Been Running a Dungeons & Dragons Campaign For 35 Years
Great Big Story traveled to London, Ontario to visit with Robert Wardhaugh, an amazing man who started his first game of Dungeons and Dragons in…
What Halloween Is Like For a Blind Person
Los Angeles film critic Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, talks about how he celebrated Halloween growing up and what it is like…
245 Thrillseekers Attempt to Break a World Record by Rope Jumping at the Same Time From of a Bridge
A group of 245 thrillseekers joined together and attempted to break a world record by rope jumping at the same time from a 98-foot-high bridge…
Will Smith Keeps a Magic Wand From Destroying the Planet in a New Trailer for Netflix’s ‘Bright’
Netflix released the second official trailer for Bright, their upcoming fantasy action film directed by David Ayer, written by Max Landis, and starring Will Smith.…
LEGO Builds a Life-Size Ferrari Formula One Racing Car Out of 349,911 Bricks in 750 Hours
LEGO posted a wonderful timelapse video of their team of creatives building a life-sized version of the LEGO Speeds Champions Scuderia Ferrari SF16-H. The LEGO…
Artist Creates Illustrations of a Modern Tarot Card Deck Inspired by Social Media and Internet Culture
Venice, Italy illustrator and designer Jacopo Rosati created The Social Network Tarots, a series of illustrations imagining a modern tarot card deck inspired by social…