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The Simple and Complicated Reasons Cartoon Characters Wear Gloves
Vox contributor Estelle Caswell explains the simple and complicated reasons cartoon characters wear gloves. The simplest explanation is that gloves are easier to animate, but…
Skilled Japanese Chef Demonstrates How to Turn a Simple Daikon Radish Into a Decorative Chain
Japanese Twitter-user Zoe_Aishiteru shared an amazing photo of a decorative daikon radish chain that was created by a talented but bored chef who evidently had…
Guinness Announces Plans For a New Open Gate Concept Brewery in Baltimore County, Maryland
On January 31, 2017, the Diageo Beer Company USA announced that they are making plans to bring the famous Guinness Storehouse/Open Gate concept to the…
A ‘Real Person’ Inserts Himself Into the Blind Panel of a Chevy Malibu Commercial
Zebra Corner inserted their "Real Person" into another blind panel car commercial, this time for the 2016 Chevy Malibu.
A Compassionate Couple Saves a Stranded Moose Who Fell Through the Ice on a Frozen Lake
On a cold winter’s day in Sweden, Viktor Johannessen and a friend were walking along a frozen lakeside when they came upon a stranded moose…
Geektastic Valentine’s Day Cards Featuring Pop Culture Characters From Movies and TV Shows
Brooklyn artist PJ McQuade (previously) has created a “geektastic” collection of Valentine’s Day cards for 2017 featuring pop culture characters from movies and television shows.…
MIT Develops Transparent Hydrogel Robots Fast and Strong Enough to Capture Live Fish
MIT engineers have developed transparent hydrogel robots that are fast and strong enough to capture live fish. The hydrogel is shaped using laser cutting and…
Why Tarantino Never Made a Sequel to Pulp Fiction
Looper takes a look at some of the reasons why there was never a sequel released for Quentin Tarantino‘s 1994 cult classic film Pulp Fiction.…
A Man Experiences Everything There Is in Life Thanks to a Repeating Day in ‘Groundhog Daying’
Chris Smith experiences everything there is in life thanks to an endlessly repeating day in the Chris and Jack sketch “Groundhog Daying.” The sketch takes…
The Autonomous Bat Bot B2 Robot Mimics Natural Bat Flight With Ultra-Thin Silicone Wings
The Bat Bot B2 was developed at Caltech to mimic the natural flight kinetics of bats using ultra-thin silicone stretched over jointed wings. The robot…