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Things Go Horribly Wrong for a Person Trying to Follow a Cocktail Tutorial Video
Things go horribly wrong a person trying to follow a recipe in a cocktail tutorial video. The sketch by The Layoff Kids parodies the popular…
The Calibrated Oscilloscope, An Amazing Pre-Digital Device Able to Generate Shapes From Sounds
Mat of the really interesting gadget channel Techmoan took a look at the calibrated oscilloscope, the remarkable pre-digital device that visualizes sound through voltage changes…
An Animated History of the Fahrenheit Scale and What 0°F Means and Why Water Freezes at 32°F
Veritasium shared the history of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit and the Fahrenheit temperature scale in a video animated by Marcello Ascani. The video explains some specific…
A Celebration of an Almost Never-Ending List of Twitter Holidays
The CollegeHumor office celebrates an almost never-ending list of Twitter holidays, and Mike Trapp has had enough. You will never know the pain of being…
The Infamous Day When All Flights Out of Heathrow Airport Were Grounded Due to a Flying Pig
In a fascinating episode of the online trivia series Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler recounted the very unusual and infamous day in which…
Homesick Candles, Scented Candles Crafted to Smell Like Your Home State
Homesick Candles are a collection of scented candles crafted by a group of friends, “who relocated from states they still feel close to,” to smell…
Ingenious Illustrations Created From the Shadows Cast by Sunlit Household Items
A photo posted by Vincent Bal (@vincent_bal) on Nov 2, 2016 at 1:12am PDT Belgian artist and filmmaker Vincent Bal has created “Shadowology“, a humorously…
An Interactive Modular Kinetic Flip-Disc System
Brooklyn product designers BREAKFAST have created an interactive and modular kinetic flip-disc system that can be easily assembled and installed. The system can display logos,…
A Back to the Future Flux Capacitor Wall Charger
ThinkGeek has created an officially-licensed Back to the Future Flux Capacitor Wall Charger that lights up, when switched on, and is capable of charging up…
A Clever Cockatoo Shows How to Repeatedly Solve the Same Problem Using Different Materials
Researchers have found that the Goffin’s cockatoo can repeatedly solve the same problem using different materials each time.