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Words in the English Language That Originate From Terms Describing Weather Conditions
In an atmospheric episode of their incredibly informative whiteboard series for Mental Floss , linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually offer…
Winter Finally Arrives in the Seventh Season of Game of Thrones Bringing With It a Chilling Reality
With the long-anticipated winter finally upon them, the various characters and factions within the world of Game of Thrones learn they need to work together…
An Injured Giant Squid Clings Tightly Onto Paddle Board of the Surfer Attempting To Rescue It
While paddle boarding out in waters of the beautiful Melkbosstrand on the southwest coast of South Africa, a compassionate and rather brave man named James…
Artist Illustrates the Faces That He Sees in Inanimate Objects
Artist Keith Larsen, who has Pareidolia, uses the common phenomenon and his illustration skills to draw cartoons based on the faces that he sees in…
Lingmo, A Clever Earpiece That Uses IBM Watson Technology to Translate Voice and Text In Real Time
Danny May, a former plumber in Sydney, Australia created the Lingmo Translate One2One, a very clever earpiece that uses IBM Watson technology to translated up…
A Trio of Orphaned Baby Raccoons Adopt a Visiting Bearded Fisherman as Their Mother
A post shared by zoOm photo safaris (@zoomphotosafaris) on Jun 5, 2017 at 9:41am PDT While traveling through the United States, Tanzanian photographer Dominyk Lever…
Coyote Peterson Lets a Black Widow Spider Crawl Upon His Bare Hands to Show How Docile They Are
In an odd departure from his masochistic quest of enduring painful insect stings, the adventurous Brave Wilderness host Coyote Peterson went off searching under rocks…
Vsauce Hosts Michael, Kevin and Jake Answer the 100 Most Googled Questions
Vsauce hosts Michael Stevens, Kevin Lieber, and Jake Roper sat down with Wired to answer the 100 most Googled questions on the internet. Michael, Kevin…
Inflatable Solar Powered Lights
The Spectra Color Changing Light and Nova Light by LuminAid are waterproof, solar and USB powered lights built to provide plenty of energy saving luminous…
Grateful Chimpanzee Doubles Back to Give Jane Goodall a Big Hug After Being Released Into the Wild
Before heading out into the jungle, a chimpanzee being released into the wild doubled back to give Jane Goodall a big hug.