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The Hero, Sam Elliott and Nick Offerman Get Really Stoned In a Film About Confronting One’s Mortality
The Hero by director Brett Haley, is a poignant, character-driven film that stars Sam Elliott and Nick Offerman as former co-stars who get through the…
Enticingly Beautiful But Toxic Popsicles Made Out of the Local Polluted Waters of Taiwan
In a brilliant award-winning statement about pollution, three students at the National Taiwan University of Arts collected samples from local bodies of water, froze them…
Coyote Peterson Braves a Claustrophobic Cave Crawl In Search of a Rare Salamander
While on location in West Virginia, adventurer Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness and crew braved a perilous mountain trail that led to the mouth a…
Irene McGee Talks About Seeking Therapy in 1998 After Getting Slapped by Her ‘Real World’ Roommate
In honor of the 25th Anniversary of the MTV show The Real World, the resilient Irene McGee, former The Real World: Seattle resident and good…
The Importance of Limiting One’s Opinion on a Specific Subject Before It Becomes Annoying
The always helpful School of Life offers helpful advice about limiting one’s verbal opinions about specific subjects so as not to make people uncomfortable enough…
Cosplay at the Animazement 2017 Anime Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina
Filmmaker Blake Faucette of Distractotron has created a new cosplay video featuring some of the best costumes at the Animazement 2017 anime convention in Raleigh,…
POV Footage of an Athlete Doing a Thrilling 3-Minute Run Down the World’s Largest Parkour Course
Professional athlete Calen Chan held a GoPro camera in his mouth and filmed his 3-minute POV run down the massive Skyladder Parkour course at Tianman…
Musician Plays Tool Songs Using Actual Tools
Talented musician Davide Biale (a.k.a. “Davie504“) has taken upon himself to play covers of some of his favorite Tool songs using actual tools from around…
Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys Pops a Gigantic 6 Foot Water Balloon That Is Crushing Him
Gavin Free of The Slow Mo Guys captured slow motion footage of Dan Gruchy being crushed by a gigantic 6-foot water balloon that explodes after…
Pianist Sets Guinness World Record for the Most Piano Key Hits in One Minute
On March 4th, pianist Domingos-Antonio Gomes set a new Guinness World Record in Lisbon, Portugal for the most piano key hits in one minute. He…