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A Beautiful Longhaired Cat Goes Nighty Night All by Herself In a Tiny Human-Styled Bed
When her humans go to bed, a beautiful longhaired cat named Sophie knows that it’s also time for her to go nighty-night. At whatever time…
The Most Unsatisfying Video Ever Made
Luksan Wunder has created “The Most Unsatisfying Video in the World Ever Made” which features a series of very frustrating vignettes of people not properly…
A 23-Year Old George Michael Opens Up About Becoming a Star an Animated 1986 Interview
In a particularly poignant episode of the animated lost interview series “Blank on Blank“, a 23-year old George Michael shares his thoughts on sexuality, the…
A Fascinating Microscopic Timelapse of Cell Division in a Frog Egg Over a 33 Hour Period
Documentary filmmaker Francis Chee created a fascinating timelapse video using a custom microscope showing the cell division in a frog egg, from four cells into…
Engineer Mark Rober Builds a Moving Dartboard That Allows You to Hit the Bullseye Every Time
Former NASA engineer Mark Rober spent the past 3 years creating an incredible moving dartboard that allows you to automatically hit the bullseye each and…
How Bad Typography Choices Throughout History Have Goofed Up More Than Just the Oscars
Vox explores how bad typography choices throughout history have goofed up more than just the Oscars mix-up that went down earlier this year. The 2017…
Brooklyn Bridge Bicyclist Warns Pedestrians to Clear the Bike Lane by Singing the Star Wars Theme Song
On New Year’s Day, a genial but determined bicyclist attempted to clear pedestrians from the bike land on the Brooklyn Bridge. Rather than pushing his…
Disney Research Demonstrates How to Catch a Real Ball While in a Virtual Reality Environment
While attending the 2017 IEEE Virtual Reality conference in Los Angeles, Disney Research senior research scientist Günter Niemeyer and lab associate Matthew Pan demonstrated how…
Selena Gomez Answers 73 Random Questions While Walking Around Her Airy Los Angeles Home
Singer, actor and model Selena Gomez honestly answered 73 random questions by Joe Sabia for Vogue while walking around her airy Los Angeles home. The…
Artist Uses Solid and Dotted Circles of Salt to Create a Confusing Trap for a Self-Driving Car
Jame Bridle, an artist, writer, journalist and publisher living in Greece, performed a clever experiment that confused a self-driving car, causing it to trap itself…