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Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill Talk About Star Wars on the BBC Children’s Program ‘Blue Peter’ in 1980
The film series, Eyes on Cinema, shared delightful footage from 1980 of Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill appearing on the BBC children’s television program, Blue…
Card Illusionist Zach Mueller Manipulates a Deck of Cards in Amazing Ways on the Santa Monica Pier
Kuma Films has captured footage in California of Los Angeles card illusionist Zach Mueller of Fontaine Cards manipulating a deck of cards in unbelievable ways…
Colorful Handmade Felt Cat Caves With That Bring a Bit of Imaginative Fantasy to a Feline’s Life
Ukranian material artist Yuliya Kosata has created a truly imaginative line of cat caves that add a bit of wonderfully surreal fantasy to a feline’s…
ElectroBOOM Celebrates the End of 2016 by Playing ‘The Nutcracker’ by Tchaikovsky on His Tesla Coil
ElectroBoom host Mehdi Sadaghdar celebrated the holidays and the end of 2016 by having his Tesla coil play The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. As the music…
Pikachu Cake Pan for Making Perfect Pokémon Themed Cakes
ThinkGeek has created an officially licensed Pikachu Cake Pan for making “perfect Pokémon themed cakes every time.” Remember to grease the head and body of…
Marvelous DIY Paper Beetle Sculpture Kits
Assembli, a Dutch brand made up of designer Joop Bource and the Lankhorst print company, created a series of fascinating DIY paper beetle sculpture kits…
The PFM-A5 v2.0, A 3D-Printed Paper Airplane Gun That Fires 120 Planes per Minute
The PFM-A5 v2.0 by Papierfliegerei is a 3D-printed paper airplane gun that folds and fires at a rate of 120 planes per minute. The PFM-A5…
Autopilot on Tesla Electric Car Predicts an Accident Before It Happens and Brakes to Avoid the Danger
Original video, authorisation from the owner. Essential, no one could predict the accident but the radar did and acted by emergency braking. pic.twitter.com/70MySRiHGR — Hans…
Wonderfully Creative Custom Coffins Designed to Celebrate the Life of a Loved One
Great Big Story visited the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop in Teshie, in Greater Accra, Ghana, a family business whose skilled craftspeople create amazingly expressive and…
Samuraiguitarist Plays a Mashup of the Biggest Music Hits From 2016 in the Style of Chet Atkins
Talented musician Steve Onotera (a.k.a. “Samuraiguitarist“) has released a video where he plays a mashup of some of the biggest music hits from 2016 in…