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Man Films Himself Accidentally Skiing Off 150′ Cliff
A video posted by Devin Stratton (@devins223) on Jan 24, 2017 at 2:49pm PST Utah skier Devin Stratton filmed himself accidentally skiing off an unmarked…
An Apocalypse Now Video Game Based on Francis Ford Coppola’s Classic 1979 Vietnam War Film
Francis Ford Coppola is teaming up with a group of talented AAA game developers (Montgomery Markland, Larry Liberty, and Rob Auten) to create an Apocalypse…
HUDWAY Glass Turns Any Smartphone Into a Car Heads-Up Navigation Display
Any smartphone can be turned into a heads-up navigation display with the HUDWAY Glass, a simple device that sits on a car’s dashboard and reflects…
Tribute to the 2017 Oscar Nominees for Best Picture
Filmmaker Jacob T. Swinney has created a video tribute to the nine motion pictures that earned Academy Award nominations for Best Picture this year. The…
A Woman Moves Like a Parrot While Wearing an Incredibly Realistic Costume of Her Own Design
The very talented costume designer Chrystumes modeled a beautiful headpiece from an incredibly realistic blue and gold macaw costume of her own design, mimicking the…
The Technological and Social Reasons Why Passengers Can’t Use Cell Phones on Airplanes
Travel + Leisure explains the reasons why passengers can’t use cell phones on airplanes. Although the restriction began due to possible technological conflicts that have…
Professional Wind Turbine Technician Talks About Working at Such Great Heights
Professional climber and wind turbine technician Jessica Kilroy talks about working at such great heights in a piece by Great Big Story. Kilroy’s background as…
How Nintendo’s NES Zapper Light Gun Worked on the Original Duck Hunt Video Game
In an blast from the past episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains how Nintendo‘s classic NES Zapper light gun worked on…
The Origin of the Word Blackmail and the Lesser-Known ‘Buttockmail’
Daven Hiskey of Today I Found Out explains the origins of the word blackmail as well as the lesser-known but still interesting “buttockmail” that served…
A Fun Animation of Random Childhood Memories
To celebrate the one year anniversary of their São Paulo animation studio, the talented folks at Tendril created “Stuff I Thought As A Kid,” a…