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A Woman Bravely Shares Her Uphill Struggle to Get Her ‘Invisible Illness’ Properly Diagnosed
Jen Brea, a woman who became ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, a neurological disease that’s more commonly known as “Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”, bravely recounted her long,…
The Slow Mo Guys Rip Apart Reinforced Steel With Tremendous Force at 28,500fps
The Slow Mo Guys, Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy ripped apart reinforced steel with a powerful machine that pulled the metal rod using more than…
Pitch Deck, A Hilarious Game That Fully Embraces the Absurdity of the Startup Funding Process
Fred Berenson and Alex Hague, the separate creators of such games as Emoji Dick and Monikers, put their heads together and come up with “Pitch…
Anatomical Sculptures of Looney Tunes Characters
Artist Jason Freeny has created an awesome series of anatomical sculptures that portray popular Looney Tunes characters. Freeny‘s Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, Taz, Marvin the…
An Algorithm Watches ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Trailer and Tries to Identify What It Sees
Lasse Korsgaard and Andreas Refsgaard from Støj, a creative studio that makes use of coding for its projects, have made “An algorithm watching a movie…
German Armorer Builds a Fully Automatic Crossbow
German slingshot armorer Joerg Sprave, owner of The Slingshot Channel, tackled his dream project by building a fully automatic crossbow, “using a rack and pinion…
The Cast of Stranger Things Meets Star Wars in an Amazing Fan Made Mashup Poster
Los Angeles artist Michael Maher Jr. has created an amazing mashup poster that places the cast of Stranger Things in a Star Wars galaxy far,…
Mario Gets a Little Too Real With a Mod That Places Super Mario Odyssey in Grand Theft Auto IV
CrowbCat used a Grand Theft Auto IV mod, made by JL MODS HD, that turns the main character into Mario. CrowbCat then created a fantastic…
After a Confusing Pregnancy Test a Couple Learns They Are Going to Have a Dog as a Practice Baby
After a confusing pregnancy test, a young couple learns they are going to have a dog as a practice baby. The CollegeHumor sketch stars Dan…
A Powerful Supercut That Shows How Doctor Who Faces His Inevitable End to Begin Again
In “Everything Ends“, the extremely talented Georgian video editor and Doctor Who fan David Garuchava of The Garo Studios has created a powerful supercut of…