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The Evolution of YouTube’s Website Layout Since It Was First Launched on February 14, 2005
4096 has created an interesting animated video that gives us a look at the evolution of YouTube‘s website layout since it was first launched on…
South African Gymnast Sets Guinness World Record for the Most Consecutive One-Handed Backflips
South African gymnast Zama Mofokeng has set a Guinness World Record for the most most consecutive one-handed backflips in Tembisa, South Africa. The 26-year-old gymnast…
Game of Thrones Fire and Ice Cupcakes
To celebrate the seventh season of Game of Thrones premiering this Sunday, Los Angeles baker and author Rosanna Pansino of Nerdy Nummies demonstrated how to…
The World’s Largest Super Soaker
Former NASA engineer Mark Rober teamed up with Bob Clagett of I Like to Make Stuff, Ken Glazebrook of NASA JPL, and Danielle Yuan of…
Objects Being Shot With a Compressed Air Cannon Loaded With Maltesers Candy in Super Slow Motion
Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys have captured super slow motion video of a compressed air cannon, loaded with Maltesers candy,…
An Easily Distracted Teeny Tiny Baby Fennec Fox Attempts to Learn How to Sit Upon Command
A tiny baby fennec fox named Edie at Faithful Foxes challenged her patient humans as they were trying to teach her to sit on command.
Alton Brown Hilariously Demonstrates How to Make a Single Serving of a Watermelon Negroni Cocktail
The wonderfully quirky celebrity chef Alton Brown hilariously demonstrated how to make a single serving of his “Watermelon Negroni” cocktail by throwing each of the…
Token, A Smart Ring With a Fingerprint Sensor That Securely Replaces Keys, Passwords and Cards
The Token is a very handy piece of wearable technology that holds all of the digital information for keys, credit cards, metro cards, access cards…
Incredible Footage of an Awestruck Jimi Hendrix Jamming With the Legendary Buddy Guy in 1968
American Blues Scene has shared some incredible footage from 1968 that shows an awestruck Jimi Hendrix joining Buddy Guy onstage after watching him play “Stormy…
A Tiny Bassett Hound Puppy Falls Over Backwards While Trying to Jump Onto the Sofa
A tiny basset hound puppy did her very best to jump onto the ottoman but lost her footing and fell completely backwards onto the floor.