Laughing Squid
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My Hitch, A Wearable Rear Hitch That Allows Travelers to Drag Their Luggage Using Their Butt
My Hitch is a wearable rear hitch that allows travelers to drag their luggage around using their butt, keeping their hands free. The device was…
A Passionate Urban Beekeeper Explains How He Tends to Over 50,000 Bees in New York City
After tasting the raw honey that was made by his bees, Gothamist food editor Nell Casey got in touch with urban beekeeper Tom Wilk of…
The Wonderfully Bizarre Tale of a Dying Man Who Had Only 1500 Words Left to Live
“1500 Words” by writer Jim Memzies and directed by filmmaker Andrew Chaplin is a wonderfully bizarre short film that tells the story of Stanley Franks,…
A Candid Brooklyn Ice Cream Man Offers a Fascinating Glimpse Into His Daily Life
“I hear them bells when they’re off, I hear them in my sleep, I hear them when I lay down” In the summer of 2015,…
Rob Corddry Tears Up and Taps Out While Eating Hot Chicken Wings During an Interview
Ballers star Rob Corddry tears up and taps out while eating increasingly hot chicken wings during an interview with Sean Evans on Hot Ones. Comedian…
Everything Wrong With Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
Everything Wrong With Star Trek III: The Search For Spock by Cinema Sins Oh sh*t! We left dead-Spock on that planet that generates life! We’d…
The Search for Pablo Escobar Begins Again in the Second Season of Narcos on Netflix
In the second season of the Netflix runaway hit Narcos continues the incredible story of Pablo Escobar and the tireless multi-national law enforcement agents who…
Surreal and Mesmerizing Animated GIFs by Artist Sam Cannon
New York City digital media artist Sam Cannon has created a surreal and mesmerizing collection of animated GIF images. The full series of GIFs are…
The Physiological Factors Behind Two Different Types of Strokes
Simon Whistler, host of the wonderfully informative video series “Today I Found Out” explains the two types of strokes that can occur, the physiological causes…
Michelle Obama Joins James Corden for Carpool Karaoke on a Tour Around the White House
Michelle Obama and James Corden (codenames “Renaissance” and “Tiramisu”) did some Carpool Karaoke and sang songs by Stevie Wonder, Beyoncé, and the track commissioned by the…