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Dana Carvey Fires Off 17 Celebrity Micro-Impressions in Under Two Minutes
Dana Carvey fires off 17 celebrity micro-impressions in under two minutes during an interview on The Howard Stern Show. Carvey quickly becomes Paul McCartney visiting…
How a Compulsively Gambling English Noble Was Responsible for Inventing the Modern Day Sandwich
In the fifth episode of the TED-Ed micro-series “Moments of Vision“, filmmaker Jessica Oreck uses animation to explain how the modern day sandwich was eponymously…
Batman Fights Loneliness and Learns the Meaning of Family in 4th Trailer For The LEGO Batman Movie
LEGO Batman (Will Arnett) fights loneliness and learns the meaning of family in the fourth trailer for The LEGO Batman Movie. It also stars Michael…
Fabulously Flamboyant 17th Century-Style Wigs That Can Be Custom Made For Any Occasion
Stacy Vest of Sweet Hayseed’s Wearable Wonders has crafted a fun line of fabulously flamboyant, highly creative, modernized 17th-century style wigs that can be custom…
The Hamilton Mixtape, A Collection of Songs From the Hit Broadway Show Performed by Various Artists
Award-winning performer and author Lin-Manuel Miranda announced via Twitter that his “Hamilton Mixtape” would be available for pre-order beginning today, November 4, 2016. The highly-anticipated…
Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con 2016 Cosplay Music Video by Sneaky Zebra
Sneaky Zebra has created a new music video featuring a number of the pop culture themed cosplays at Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con 2016.…
A Fascinating Animated Map That Shows the Growth and Decline of the Human Population Through Time
The American Museum of Natural History has put together a truly fascinating animated map that shows how the human population has grown and declined throughout…
Artist Adds New Series of Pop Culture Characters and Objects to Old Thrift Store Paintings
A photo posted by Dave Pollot Art (@davepollotart) on Jul 21, 2016 at 6:25am PDT Rochester, New York artist Dave Pollot, whose work we have…
A Protective Herd Saves a Tiny Baby Elephant From Drowning While Crossing a River
While Dok Rak, the perceptive baby elephant, was crossing the river with his herd at at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand, he…
Halved Plastic Dinosaur Toys Reunite as the Front and Back of Adorable Earrings
Hong Kong artist OOOWORKSHOP has created an amusing line of earrings that take recycled the plastic dinosaurs of childhood, cuts them in half, adds the…