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Dante’s Lunch, Pixar’s Animated ‘Coco’ Short Introducing Miguel’s Cute and Hungry Hairless Dog
Young Miguel Rivera’s (Anthony Gonzalez) cute and hungry hairless dog, Dante, chases down a runaway bone in Pixar‘s new animated Coco short, “Dante’s Lunch.” The…
Candy Melting and Unmelting to Classical Music
Erwin Trummer created a captivating compilation of candy melting and unmelting to classical music.
An Incredible Gripping Bionic Robot Arm Directly Inspired by the Design of an Octopus Tentacle
Festo has created the "Octopus Gripper", a flexible arm that can grab ahold of objects using the same design of the eight-armed cephalopod.
Why US Social Security Cards Have Never Been a Secure Form of Official Identification
The very knowledgeable CGP Grey explains the origins, history and uses of the US Social Security Card. Grey made note of the fact that, while…
Richard Kinda Sorta Parts Ways With Pied Piper in the Trailer for the Fourth Season of Silicon Valley
In the trailer for the fourth season of the HBO series Silicon Valley, a conflicted Richard (Thomas Middleditch) gathers up his courage to let the…
A Frustrated Carl Hardee Sr. Gets Back to Basics After Seeing What His Son Carl Jr. Did to the Place
A formidable Carl Hardee Sr. returned to his beloved restaurant to see what his son Carl Junior had done to the place.
The Buskits, Young Guitarist Brothers Who Entertain the Sidewalks of Asheville, North Carolina
A post shared by Scott Beale (@scottbeale) on Mar 5, 2017 at 10:24am PST While visiting the wonderful city of Asheville, North Carolina, both Scott…
Pennywise the Child Eating Clown Comes Out to Play in the Terrifying Trailer for Stephen King’s ‘It’
Warner Bros. has released a the first trailer for It, a new adaptation of Stephen King‘s classic horror novel of the same name that is…
Why Cartoons Characters Only Have Four Fingers
On an animated episode of Tooned Up! by Channel Frederator, host Cade Hiser explains why a majority of cartoon characters only have four fingers. Cartoon…
All the Things, An Colorful Animation That Unifies a Collection of Unrelated Narratives Through Style
Designers Chris Guyot, The Rusted Pixel and John Poon have created the “All The Things” a short colorful animation that brings together unrelated narratives that…