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a daily dose of unique and curious things
Adorable Felted Cat Caves That Look Like Giant Feline Heads Complete With Pointy Ears
A photo posted by Agn? Aud?jien? (@agnesfelt) on May 28, 2016 at 9:51am PDT Lithuanian crafter Agne Audejiene of AgneFelt creates really fun feline furniture…
An Incredible Industrial Tattoo Machine That Works Like a 3D Printer on Skin
Pierre-Emmanuel Meunier and Johan da Silveira, two friends and artists-in-residence at Autodesk’s Pier 9, have created tattoué, an incredible industrial tattoo machine that uses the…
Artist JR Installs Giant Photos of Athletes Atop Tall Buildings in the Center of Rio de Janeiro
A photo posted by JR (@jr) on Aug 2, 2016 at 9:52am PDT In celebration of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,…
An Adorable Long Necked Dinosaur Soup Ladle That Stands Up on Its Own Four Feet
The Dino Ladle by Krierah Kitchen Products is an adorable lime green, long-necked ladle that’s shaped like a flat-footed, 3-toed dinosaur who’d prefer to stand…
VERSUS, A Beautiful 3D Animated Short Visualizing the Everlasting Battle of Nature
“Versus” is a beautiful 3D animated short, created by ManvsMachine for MAXON, that does an incredible job of visualizing “the everlasting battle of nature.” ManvsMachine…
PBS Idea Channel Explores How Humans Use Technology and Asks ‘Are We All Cyborgs?’
PBS Idea Channel host Mike Rugnetta sat down with journalist Rose Eveleth to explore how humans use technology and ask, “Are we all cyborgs?” Rugnetta…
Three Friends Battle to the Death With Even More Iconic Movie Weapons in ‘Prop Wars: Prop Harder’
UK filmmakers Gary Scullion and Nick Acott of Sneaky Zebra teamed up with Loot Crate to create “Prop Wars: Prop Harder,” a sequel to their…
How the Incredibly Complex Seven-Circle Roundabout in Swindon, England Works
Wired visited the town of Swindon, England to explain how their incredibly complex seven-circle roundabout works. Despite how complex it seems from above, cars still…
An Unexpectedly Curious Sperm Whale Explores a Bright Yellow ROV During a 2015 Nautilus Dive
While exploring the Gulf of Mexico off of the Louisiana coast in April 2015, the ROV Hercules, launched from the E/V Nautilus, was unexpectedly visited…
The Comma Queen Offers Advice About Which Relative Pronoun Best Refers to Animals
While on location at the beach, the very funny and informative Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” offered a rather open-ended explanation about how to…