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Pop Culture Characters Reimagined as Monsters
Swedish artist Dennis Carlsson has created a series of illustrations that reimagine innocent pop culture cartoon characters as terrifying monsters. A photo posted by Dennis…
Slow Motion Video of Roses Being Sliced in Half by an Ultra Sharp Katana
“Crazy Russian Hacker” Taras Kulakov teamed up with ZombieGoBoom to capture slow motion footage of roses being sliced in half with a ultra sharp Dragon…
Stuntman Holds Three Separate Guinness World Records for Setting His Entire Body on Fire
Stuntman and actor Josef Toedtling from Austria has achieved three fiery entries that will go into the Guinness World Records 2017 Edition for “longest distance…
A Terrifying Alien Xenomorph Vinyl Coin Bank
Artist Eli Livingston sculpted an incredible, officially licensed vinyl coin bank featuring the bust of one of H. R. Giger‘s terrifying Xenomorph creatures from Alien.…
Professional Jet Ski Freerider Wears a T-Rex Costume and Does Insane Stunts Across a Lake
Fullerton, California professional jet ski freerider Mark Gomez of Liquid Militia wears a Tyrannosaurus rex costume, steals a jet ski, and does all sorts of…
Spectacles, New Sunglasses With an Integrated Camera That Wirelessly Upload Videos to Snapchat
Snap Inc., the company formerly known as Snapchat, has introduced Spectacles, a line of sunglasses that use an integrated camera to upload proprietary circular photo…
An Eerie Version of ‘The Final Countdown’ Played on 64 Floppy Drives, 8 Hard Drives, and 2 Scanners
Pawel Zadrozniak a.k.a. “Silent” has programmed the electronic orchestra of sixty-four floppy drives, eight hard disks and two scanners contained in his wonderful Floppotron to…
Steve Burns Tells a Funny and Moving Story About How Hosting Blue’s Clues Changed His Life
Steve Burns, the former host of Nickelodeon‘s Blue’s Clues, told a story for The Moth about how hosting a popular children’s show changed his life.…
Gorgeous Resin and Ink Sculptures That Reflect the Volatile Power and Delicate Quietude of Nature
A photo posted by Annalù Boeretto (@annaluboeretto) on Mar 19, 2016 at 3:10am PDT Italian artist Annalù Boeretto has created a beautiful series of liquid…
Nissan Commercial Highlights Some Japanese Craftspeople Being Incredibly Good at Their Jobs
Nissan highlighted some Japanese craftspeople being incredibly good at their jobs in a commercial for their Nissan Caravan. Due to an aging population and young…