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Dealt, An Award Winning Documentary About Blind Master Card Magician Richard Turner
The award-winning documentary Dealt, which was directed by Luke Korem, tells the story of expert card mechanic and magician Richard Turner, an amazing man who…
German Performance Artists Act Out Amusingly Surreal Skits for Passengers Aboard Passing Trains
Bewegtesland (Moving Land) is a group of performance artists who live along the Grossheringen–Saalfeld railway (Saalbahn) in Thuringia, Germany who act out rather amusing coordinated…
All Female String Quartet Rocks Out Brilliant Covers of Classic Rock and Heavy Metal Songs
In 2016, Thalia Strings, an all female string quartet rocked out an acoustic cover of the classic AC/DC song “Thunderstruck” on violin, viola and cello.…
Engineers Build an Underwater Iron Man Jetpack That Lets You Swim Faster Than Michael Phelps
Engineers and tinkerers Ryan Kung and David Shulman of Eclectical Engineering built an “Underwater Iron Man Jetpack” (6.25mph) that will allow them to swim faster…
Simon’s Cat Logic Explains the Importance of Properly Playing With Your Indoor Cat
In “Learn to Play Cat” from the wonderfully informative series “Simon’s Cat Logic“, illustrator Simon Toland shares stories about his own cats and their favorite…
A Lively Little Dog Interrupts a Televised Soccer Match in Argentina to Chase the Ball and Play Fetch
In a hilarious clip shared by the sports network TyC, a lively little dog chased after the ball that was in play during a live…
An Adventurous Piescraper Inspired by Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes Comic Strips
In her latest tutorial video, the amazing Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies Are Awesome celebrated the first day of fall by demonstrating how to make…
A Preview of the Artwork in Volume 45 of Hi-Fructose: The New Contemporary Art Magazine
A post shared by Hi-Fructose Magazine (@hifructosemag) on Sep 19, 2017 at 11:32am PDT Erik Mark Sandberg Volume 45 of Hi-Fructose: The New Contemporary Art…
How Landon Meier Creates Disturbingly Hyper-Realistic Face Masks of Crying Babies & Celebrities
The Great Big Story series Human Condition met up with artist Landon Meier of Hyperflesh to find out how he creates his collections of disturbingly…
Teacher Brilliantly Shows Kids Why They Need to Wash Their Hands With a Really Gross Bread Experiment
In November 2014 pre-kindergarten teacher Courtney Lee Simpson conducted a really gross bread experiment to show her students why they need to wash their hands…