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The Paper Airplane Guy Demonstrates How to Fold a World Record Setting Paper Airplane
John Collins “The Paper Airplane Guy” demonstrates how to fold his design for a long distance paper airplane for the Harvard Graduate School of Design.…
Razor Blades Turn a High-Speed Top Into a Powerful Hot Dog Slicing Machine
Razor blades turn a high-speed top into a powerful hot dog slicing machine in the series ‘Cause I Can. The spinning blades also quickly tear…
The Shirtless Violinist Performs a Gorgeous Version of ‘Hallelujah’ With an Accompanying Vocal Quartet
After posing a question to his audience about what song they’d most like to hear, the Shirtless Violinist answered with a beautiful performance of “Hallelujah”…
Open Mind Series, Gorgeously Disturbing Porcelain Mask Sculptures That Bend the Mind
A photo posted by Johnson Tsang (@johnson_tsang_artist) on Jan 4, 2017 at 8:47am PST Hong Kong artist Johnson Tsai has created a gorgeous series of…
The New Bipedal Robot Cassie Shows Off Its Moves, Balance, and Agility
The new bipedal robot Cassie from Agility Robotics lab at Oregon State University showed off its moves, balance, and agility as it was officially unveiled…
A Bemused Bulldog Prefers Not to Fetch a Ball If He Doesn’t Have to Do So
A bulldog named Harry hilariously refuses to fetch, offering bemused looks whenever a ball of any size or type goes by.
Tom Cruise Jumps Off the Top of a Building and Falls Into Other Movies
Movie fan Mehdi (a.k.a. “DrMachakil“) has created a hilarious video that features Tom Cruise jumping off of a building top in Vanilla Sky and then…
A Patient Dachshund Models a Custom Made Transparent Raincoat for His Human
redditor 5somwa posted a cute photo of a sweet little dachshund very patiently modeling a cut-to-fit, transparent raincoat. It’s unclear as to whether or not…
The Irritating Buzzer From a Microwave Replaced With the Windows XP Startup Sound
Hacker Tim Gremalm replaced the irritating buzzer in his microwave with the Windows XP startup sound. Gremalm calls his creation the µMute, and he posted…
Ricky Gervais Attempts the ‘Hot Ones’ Spicy Wing Challenge While Chatting About His Life
On a spicy episode of the First We Feast series, Hot Ones, Ricky Gervais chatted with host Sean Evans about his career and his mockumentary…