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An Enthusiastic Antkeeper Narrates His Colony Moving to a Massive New Terrarium
Enthusiastic antkeeper Mikey Bustos from AntsCanada narrates his colony of yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) moving to a massive new terrarium to battle a mite…
3D Video Game Shadow Boxes Based on Old School Arcade and Console Games
Toronto, Canada gamers and artists Jill and T-Bone Forest of Glitch Artwork have created a collection of awesome 3D video game shadow boxes featuring designs…
Coyote Peterson Licks the Side of a Tree to Find Out Why a Baby Anteater Likes Termites So Much
While visiting the Kids Saving the Rainforest organization in Costa Rica, adventure host Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness went off in search of a meal…
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Studio Sets Guinness World Record for Creating Largest Seven-Layer Dip
Before Super Bowl 51 took place last weekend, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson‘s team at Seven Bucks Productions managed to set a Guinness World Record for…
Richard Branson Challenges Barack Obama to a Kitesurfing and Foilboarding Contest
Virgin founder Richard Branson and Barack Obama had a kitesurfing and foilboarding contest in the British Virgin Islands. Now that Obama has some free time,…
The Untold Truths About The Lego Movie
In honor of The Lego Batman Movie hitting theaters later this week, Looper took a look at some of the untold truths about The Lego…
Danny Rand Returns Home to Avenge His Parents in the First Trailer for Marvel’s ‘Iron Fist’ on Netflix
Netflix released the first trailer for Iron Fist, their upcoming original series that follows Marvel superhero and martial arts master Danny Rand (Finn Jones) as…
A Tiny Detailed Replica of Jerry Seinfeld’s Apartment
Artist Alan Wolfson worked with the original production designer of Seinfeld, Thomas Azzari, to create a tiny and highly detailed replica of Jerry Seinfeld‘s iconic…
GE Catches Lightning in a Bottle and Uses the Energy to Start a Car
GE attempted the “Unimpossible Mission” of catching lightning in a bottle and harnessing its energy. The experiment generated two million volts that engineers used to…
An Arduino Powered Machine That Quickly Sorts M&Ms and Skittles by Color
19-year-old Willem Pennings built an Arduino-powered machine that quickly sorts M&Ms and Skittles by color using a color sensor, stepper motor, and 3D-printed parts to…