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A Quick Video Primer Explaining How Republicans and Democrats Got Their Symbolic Animals
In the spirit of the upcoming Presidential election, National Geographic has created a short video primer that explains why Republicans are represented by elephants and…
Improv Everywhere’s Magical Porta Potty Returns to Surprise People With Weddings and Jailbreaks
Improv Everywhere and their Magical Porta Potty returned to the Governor’s Ball Music Festival in New York City to surprise people trying to use the bathroom…
How to Build Your Own Green Lantern Power Battery
On a recent episode of the AWE Me show DIY Prop Shop, host Vinny Logozio demonstrated how to build your own version of Green Lantern‘s…
Garry Marshall (1934-2016) Beloved Actor, Director and Creator of Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley
A photo posted by Sofia Vergara (@sofiavergara) on Jul 19, 2016 at 10:53pm PDT Garry Marshall, the beloved award-winnig actor, comedian, writer, director and creator…
Shanks FX Recreates the Teleporter Effect From Star Trek: The Original Series Using Household Items
The PBS Digital Studios channel Shanks FX recently showed us how to recreate the iconic teleporter effect seen in Star Trek: The Original Series using…
A Primer on the Engineering and Business SpaceX Will Use to Send Humans to Mars
Real Engineering gave a primer on the engineering and business SpaceX will use to send humans to Mars. The science is important, but so is…
Designers Build a DeLorean Hot Tub Time Machine for a Back to the Future Super-Fan
On a recent episode of Super-Fan Builds, a web series created by Andy Signore for Break Media’s AWE me channel, creative director Shane Hammond and…
A Supercut Tribute to the Some of the Best T-Shirts Worn in Movies
Travis Greenwood recently teamed up with Robert Jones and Brett Roberts to create part 2 of their original supercut tribute to some of the best…
Why It Is More Difficult to Crash Into the Sun Than Leave the Solar System
MinutePhysics explains the reasons why it is more difficult to crash something into the Sun than it is to propel it out of the solar…
Star Wars Lightsaber Wall Hooks for Hanging Your Jedi and Sith Attire
The Star Wars Lightsaber Wall Hooks by ThinkGeek feature Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader style hilts that are both designed to hang your Jedi and…