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A Powerful Danish Ad Showing That People From All Walks of Life Have More in Common Than Not
In “All That We Share“, a truly powerful ad for Danish television station TV 2, people from varying backgrounds (city-dweller, farmer, wealthy, middle-class) were segregated…
How the Iconic Jean-Yves Bordier Butter Is Made
In a fascinating episode of the PBS series “The Mind of a Chef“, host Chef Ludo Lefebvre travelled to the iconic Jean-Yves Bordier Creamery in…
Crystals Form, Colors Swirl, and Liquids Combine in the Beautiful Microscopic Film Series Miniglobelet
Crystals form, colors swirl, and liquids combine in the beautiful microscopic film series “Miniglobelet” by Beauty of Science. The four-part series covers the crystallization of…
Shaker & Spoon Cocktail Club, A Cocktail Ingredient Subscription Service With Convenient Home Delivery
Shaker and Spoon Cocktail Club is a unique subscription delivery service that offers all the ingredients for creating cocktails but lets the consumer provide their…
A Look at How Large a Building Would Need to Be In Order to Hold All 7.4 Billion People on Earth
Real Life Lore looked at some of the largest buildings ever constructed or proposed to determine how large a building would have to be to…
Goudy & Syracuse, The History and Revival of Syracuse University’s Distinctive ‘Sherman’ Typeface
The short film “Goudy & Syracuse: The Tale of a Typeface Found” by Pentagram Design and Dress Code tells of the fascinating story behind “Sherman”,…
Award Winning Artist Shares How He Creates Ice Installations for the Annual Festival in Harbin, China
Great Big Story visited with Jinnan Zheng, a talented award-winning artist who builds magnificent ice installations for the annual Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture…
How Geometry Can Help Visualize Space and Time
PBS Space Time host Matt O’Dowd demonstrates how geometry can help visualize space and time, and also explains how causality, distance, and time are related.…
‘Trumpa the Hutt’ Turns Jabba the Hutt Into Donald Trump in a Scene From Return of the Jedi
“Trumpa the Hutt” by Evil Ice Cream Pictures combines the slimy lowlife Jabba the Hutt with President Donald Trump by altering a scene from Return…
A Grateful Rescued Dog Gently Places Her Newborn Puppies In the Lap of Her New Foster Mother
A very sweet pit bull named Grayce who was pregnant and taken off the street by Rescue Rovers Dog Adoptions in Salt Lake City, found…