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How to Make a Halloween Leg Cake With Bloody Buttercream and Vanilla Cake
On a creepy episode of How To Cake It, host Yolanda Gampp provided a step-by-step guide on how to make a Halloween leg cake with…
Adventurous 24-Year Old Man Sails Around the World With His Pet Chicken
Great Big Story caught up with Guirec Soudée, an adventurous 24-year old from France who is sailing around the world by himself, but for the…
Ronald Reagan Opens Up About His Childhood, His Politics and Being Poor in a 1979 Lost Interview
In an episode of the wonderfully animated lost interview series “Blank on Blank“, the now-late Ronald Reagan opened up to veteran reporter Bill Moyers about…
A Spunky Little Short-Tail Weasel Deftly Avoids Getting Caught by a Cautious Coyote Peterson
While on location at the Steve Kroschel Wilderness Center in Haines, Alaska, Brave Wilderness host Coyote Petersen attempted to meet face-to-face with a spunky little…
The History Behind America’s Current Creepy Clown Craze
Vox video producer Christophe Haubursin gave the history behind America’s current creepy clown craze. Reports of people in clown masks have been popping up around…
How the Use of Geometric Shapes in Films Helps to Evoke Certain Feelings, Responses, and Reactions
Film essayist Jack Nugent of the cinematic series Now You See It examines the use of shapes in films, noting how they are strategically employed…
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the Gregory Brothers Songify the Second Presidential Debate
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the Gregory Brothers songified the second presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Martha Raddatz host a debate…
How to Make Teeny Tiny Caramel Apples For Halloween
Jay Baron shows how to make teeny tiny caramel apples for Halloween on his series Walking With Giants.
A Fascinating Timelapse of Thousands of Books Being Re-Shelved at the New York Public Library
With the complete installation of the book train and recent renovation of the Rose Reading Room at an end, workers at the New York Public…
Gabe the Dog & Other Internet Animals Bark, Chirp, and Meow a Cover of ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’
Christian Gassner of Rapid Liquid has created a great multitrack video of Gabe the Dog and other animals of YouTube barking, chirping, and meowing a…