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A Secret Hack To Get a Headphone Jack on the New iPhone 7
Taras Maksimuk, aka TechRax, shares a secret hack on how to get a headphone jack on the iPhone 7.
Incredibly Realistic Felt Animal Scarves That Curl Cozily Around the Wearer’s Neck
Polish sisters Celina and Maja Debowska, known collectively as celapiu have created a wonderfully playful line of scarves and stoles that feature realistic animals made…
A Curious Hedgehog Blindly Bats About Her Big Cage With Her Head Stuck in a Paper Towel Roll
A very curious hedgehog named John who got her head stuck in an empty paper towel roll, adorably batted around blindly until she figured out…
A Midi-Controlled Robotic Orchestra Performs a Circusy Cover of the OMFG Song ‘Hello’
In honor of his 1,000th subscriber, South Korean engineer Flanon Shin programmed his intricate Robot Orchestra to perform a cover of the electronic OMFG song…
A Gorgeous Cover of ‘Purple Rain’ Performed by Tom Jones and David Gilmour in 1992
Sir Tom Jones performed an absolutely beautiful version of the iconic Prince song "Purple Rain" with David Gilmour on guitar.
A Theory That the Back to the Future Trilogy Is an Elaborate Reflective Chiasmus
Netflix shared a theory by film critic Robert Lockard that claims the Back to the Future trilogy is an elaborate reflective chiasmus, meaning elements of…
Two Swinging T-Rexes Battle It Out in the Death Guild Thunderdome Raptor Fight at Burning Man
As they have done so for very many years, the amazing Death Guild recreated their legendary Thunderdome for Burning Man 2016, during which two bat-wielding…
Single-Piece Mechanisms Created Using an Advanced Metamaterial
A team of researchers at Germany’s Hasso Plattner Institute have created a series of single-piece mechanisms created using an advanced metamaterial. The material can be designed…
An Absolutely Brilliant Chandelier Made From Sparkling Clean Toilet Bowls
During a public event on September 10th, refitting artist Rodney Allen Trice fashioned a brilliant chandelier made from toilet bowls. While this unique piece is…
Lotus Dimension, A Tabletop RPG Where Players Must Solve All Conflicts Without Violence
Lotus Dimension is a new tabletop roleplaying game similar to Dungeons & Dragons, but with the key difference being that players must solve all conflicts…