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A Computer Neural Network Guesses What Players Are Drawing in Google’s New Game ‘Quick, Draw!’
A computer neural network guesses what players are drawing in Google’s new name Quick, Draw! Players have 20 seconds to draw the prompted suggestion, and…
Paul Blart: Mall Cop Reimagined as a Serious Action Movie
For CineFix‘s ongoing Trailer Mix series, New York filmmaker Bobby Burns and Dustin McLean teamed up to create a fake movie trailer that reimagines Paul…
How to Cut String or Thin Rope With Your Bare Hands Using Friction
Scott Wadsworth of Essential Craftsman demonstrates how to cut string or thin rope with your bare hands using simple friction in a great instructional video.…
How to Open a Can of Food With a Spoon
Dave Hax demonstrates how to open a can of food with a spoon, if you haven’t got a can opener handy, in his latest brilliant…
Sandscript, A Device That Uses Magnets to Let You Control Steel Balls and Draw Patterns in the Sand
ThinkGeek has created the Sandscript, a clever device that uses magnets to allow you to control up to three steel balls and draw mesmerizing patterns…
Competitive Eater Matt Stonie Devours a Giant Three Pound Gummy Worm in Eight Minutes
Competitive eater Matt “Megatoad” Stonie sat down and devoured a giant three pound gummy worm in a little under eight minutes for his latest challenge.…
Jimmy Fallon Challenges Top NASCAR Drivers to a Mario Kart 8 Tournament
On a high-speed episode of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon challenged a group of top NASCAR drivers (Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, and…
A Tiny Dog Rides on Top of a Giant Saint Bernard
A photo posted by BlizzardandLulu (@blizzardandlulu) on Nov 6, 2016 at 2:00pm PST A sweet little Japanese chin named Lulu is so attached to her…
Eddie Redmayne Tries to Sneak a Case of Fantastic Beasts Past TSA Security Agent James Corden
Eddie Redmayne tries to sneak his case of Fantastic Beasts past TSA security agent James Corden in a sketch from The Late Late Show. Redmayne…
How ZIP Codes Organized the American Postal Service and Ways It Could Be Improved in the Future
Vox contributors Dion Lee and Mac Schneider explain how ZIP codes were used to organize the American postal service, and some of the ways service…