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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…
Computer Show Returns to Test the New HP PageWide Printer Against a 1980s Dot Matrix
The brilliant Computer Show by Adam Lisagor and his company Sandwich Video returns to test the new HP PageWide high-speed printer against a dot matrix…
A Surreal Cyriak Animation Celebrating 60 Years of the Iconic Fiat 500 With Trends of Each Decade
In celebration of 60th Anniversary of the iconic Fiat 500 at the Geneva International Motor Show, the prolifically creative filmmaker Cyriak created an wonderfully surreal…
Samuel L. Jackson and James Corden Quickly Act Out Highlights From Jackson’s Illustrious Career
Samuel L. Jackson and James Corden quickly act out some of the highlights from Jackson’s illustrious film career on The Late Late Show. In ten…
Baby Bat Rays Enjoy a Lovely Underwater Sushi Meal
A surprisingly adorable group of bat ray pups enjoyed a lovely meal of raw salmon and other sustainable fish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in…
An Incredibly Realistic Animatronic Egret Spies on Unsuspecting Elephants From Inside the Herd
The producers of the wonderful BBC Earth and PBS animatronic wild animal series Spy in the Wild went on location using an animatronic egret from…
One Man Splits a 26,000 Pound Granite Block by Creating Small Cracks Using a Two Pound Hammer
Dennis Carter from the Deer Isle Hostel in Deer Isle, Maine demonstrates how to split a 26,000 pound block of granite using a two-pound hammer…