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TRAPPIST Sounds, Music Created From Resonance Within the Trappist-1 Planetary System
Musicians and astrophysicists Matt Russo and Andrew Santaguida who both work at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics when not playing in their band, partnered…
Son Shoots Mom in Mouth With Nerf Gun Dart That She Catches With Her Chewing Gum
Brant Coltrain celebrated his mom on Mother’s Day by trying to shoot her in the face with a Nerf gun. Lucky for him, his good…
The Orville, Seth MacFarlane and Jon Favreau’s New Space Comedy Television Series on Fox
Fox released the first official trailer for The Orville, the upcoming space comedy television series created by Seth MacFarlane and directed by Jon Favreau. The…
Twitch Is Streaming an 18-Day Marathon of Beloved PBS Kids Series ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’
Twitch has partnered with PBS and The Fred Rogers Company to present a free, 18 day marathon of the long-running beloved children’s series Mister Rogers’…
Why Different Cultures Invented Words for Colors in the Very Same Order With Each of Their Languages
Video producer Christophe Haubursin and graphic designer Amanda Northrop, both of Vox, explain the fascinating pattern of describing the order in which color is classified…
Protective Dog Repeatedly Blocks Little Girl’s Path to Prevent Her From Wandering Too Far Into the Ocean
A schnauzer named Yatzi repeatedly impeded her little human’s sandy path to ensure that she didn’t wander too far out into the ocean.
Johnny Depp Recalls the Time He Trashed a Hotel Room Because He Was In a Bad Mood
In an interesting episode of the animated series “What I Learned” by Quoted Studios, actor Johnny Depp opened up to Esquire writer-at-large Cal Fussman in…
The Final Trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes Shows No Mercy and No Peace
20th Century Fox released the final trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes, the upcoming third sci-fi film in the rebooted Planet of…
Beautifully Minimalist Single Line Tattoos
A post shared by Mo Ganji (@moganji) on May 11, 2017 at 7:06am PDT Mo Ganji, an Iranian born, Berlin-based ink artist who’s known for…
Alien: Covenant Flipbook Animation of a Xenomorph Attacking Passengers on a Spacecraft
To celebrate Alien: Covenant invading theaters this week, Singapore artist Serene Teh (a.k.a. “saggyarmpit“) created an incredible Alien: Covenant flipbook animation that features a deadly…