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The Wonderfully Adorable Round Backsides That Form Whenever Violet Chinchillas Sit Down
A post shared by Cameron Holmes (@camerons_chinchillas) on Apr 12, 2016 at 10:03am PDT When an absolutely adorable violet chinchilla named Beau sat down on…
Coyote Peterson Conducts a Face to Face Meeting With a Red-Eyed Tree Frog and a Gliding Tree Frog
While visiting the Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center, a determined Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness and crew trudged through a muddy rainforest at night search…
Miniature Papercraft Models of Early Analog Synthesizers and Recording Equipment
Adelaide, Australia artist Dan McPharlin has created an “Analogue Miniature” series featuring his brilliant collection of miniature papercraft models of early analog synthesizers and recording…
Creepy Remote-Controlled Thomas the Tank Engine Hexapod Robot Equipped With a Flamethrower
Dayton, Ohio model airplane designer Peter Sripol has created an awesome, yet creepy, remote-controlled Thomas the Tank Engine hexapod robot that is equipped with a…
Here’s Looking at You, A Supercut Celebrating 138 Years of Great Movie Characters
UK photographer and director Vugar Efendi has created “Here’s Looking at You,” a beautiful supercut video that celebrates 138 years of great movie characters. He…
A Mexico City Science Teacher Dresses up as Spiderman to Capture the Attention of His Students
Moises Vazquez, a science teacher at the Autonomous University in Mexico City, dresses up as Spider-Man before heading to class to help lighten the mood…
5-Year-Old Ari Finds Out That He Is Getting a New Heart After Waiting 211 Days
After waiting 211 days at Boston Children’s Hospital to receive a new heart, father Mike Schultz captured touching footage of his 5-year-old son Ari “Danger”…
A Beautifully Restored Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina, A Self-Playing Mechanical Violin Orchestrion Player
“Lotosblumen Walzer“ Dutch piano restorer Frank Bernouw has painstakingly restored a stunning Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina, a self-playing, multi-violin orchestrion that plays a variety of concertos quite…
The Get Down Part II, Zeke’s Stories About Growing Up in the South Bronx in the 1970s Continue
Netflix has released the official trailer for The Get Down Part II and Stephen Adly Guirgis, the highly awaited next part of the original series…
The Seventh Season of Game of Thrones Warns of a War That Requires the Quarreling Houses to Unite
A highly provocative teaser trailer for the seventh season of the now long-running HBO series Game of Thrones warns of a much larger war that…