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Tom Scott Visits the Northern California Necropolis of Colma Where the Dead Outnumber the Living
While in the San Francisco Bay Area, vlogger Tom Scott of “Things You Might Not Know“, visited town of Colma which is famous for its…
The Baudelaire Orphans Are Having a Very Terrible Childhood in A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Baudelaire orphans are having a very terrible childhood in a new trailer for the Netflix series Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. All…
Dame Helen Mirren Talks About Her Love of Dogs While Playing In a Room Full of Adoptable Puppies
Filmmaker David Friedman of AARP Studios shared heartwarming footage of the iconic Dame Helen Mirren as she waxed poetically about her love of dogs while…
WordPress 4.7 ‘Vaughn’ Designed to Let Users More Easily Create and Customize Their Site
WordPress has released their latest update, WordPress 4.7 “Vaughn”, named after jazz vocalist Sarah “Sassy” Vaughn. The update was designed to let users more easily…
The Four Different Types of Introverts Explained
Utilizing the respected research of psychologist Jonathan Cheek about the meaning of introversion, the folks at New York Magazine put together a simple animation that…
The Son of a Deputy Killed in the Line of Duty Tries to Buy His Father’s Retired Squad Car at Auction
In 2015, 20-year old Tanner Brownlee of Greeley, Colorado became aware that the squad car that once belonged to his father, a Weld County Deputy…
How People With Different Types of Blindness Perceive the World
Life Noggin explains how people with different types of blindness perceive the world. Depending on the cause and extent of the blindness, the age at…
Creative Human Builds an Wonderfully Odd Cardboard Ark for His Beloved Cat
A creative human named Sam of Prefabcat crafted wonderfully eccentric “ark” for his beloved cat Dinni. The entire structure is built out of cardboard and…
The Lighthouse, A Sleepy Keeper Creates a World of His Own Design in a Brilliant Stop-Motion Animation
Self-taught filmmaker Simon Scheiber of Trim Tab Design has created “The Lighthouse“, a brilliant black-and-white, stop-motion animation that tells the story of a sleepy keeper…
Fallout Pip-Boy Molded Mug
ThinkGeek is featuring an officially licensed Fallout Pip-Boy Molded Mug based on RobCo Industries‘ legendary electronic personal information device from the Fallout video game series.…