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Hunky Firefighter Climbs Through a Window to Deliver a Birthday Cake to a 105 Year Old Woman
A photo posted by HOHHH Viral (@hohhhviral) on Aug 20, 2016 at 2:59am PDT Ivena Smailes aka “Aunty Ivy”, a feisty resident at the Addison…
Wired Takes a Look at Balloon Artist Quickly Creating Air-Filled Animals
Wired met up with Brooklyn balloon artist Todd Neufeld of the Twisted Balloon Company and watched in awe as he quickly and effortlessly created all…
A Modern Moses Delivers an Updated 10 Commandments for Contemporary Life
A modern Moses (Mike Trapp) delivers an updated 10 Commandments for contemporary life in a sketch by CollegeHumor. Commandment one: thou shalt not say ‘everything…
Pablo Escobar Exacts His Revenge on Those Who Wronged Him in New Trailer for Narcos Season Two
With the premiere of the second season of Narcos less than two weeks away on September 2, 2016, Netflix has released a compelling trailer that…
The Revenant Retold as an Old-School 8-Bit Animated Video Game
CineFix has released a new episode of 8-Bit Cinema that retells the story of The Revenant, as an old-school 8-bit animated video game. This animated…
A Beautifully Eerie View of Las Vegas, Nevada as Seen Through a Slow Motion Infrared Lens
In “Las Vegas In Infrared“, talented filmmaker Phillip Bloom employed a modified Sony RX100 IV to capture the sights and sounds of Las Vegas, Nevada…
The Battery That Has Kept a Bell Ringing Continuously for 176 Years
Guest presenter Sally Le Page took over Tom Scott’s YouTube channel to visit a battery that has kept a bell ringing continuously for 176 years.…
Inventor of The ScrubBoard Audio Cassette Tape Scratcher Demonstrates His Improved Playing Skills
In 2014, we wrote about the ScrubBoard, a homemade audio tape scratcher. Since that time, inventor and musician Jeremy Bell has refined both the ScrubBoard…
Cat Nap Decisions
A photo posted by The New Yorker Cartoons (@newyorkercartoons) on Aug 22, 2016 at 2:06pm PDT A cartoon by Amy Hwang for The New Yorker.
First Year Chicago Teacher Writes Catchy ‘Welcome to the 4th Grade’ Rap Song For His Students
Mr. Dwayne Reed, an enthusiastic first year teacher from Chicago, wrote an awesome “Welcome to the 4th Grade” rap song for his new students “instead…