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Engineer Grandfather Builds a Disneyland Themed Amusement Park In His Backyard
Fullerton, California retired Boeing aerospace engineer, Steve Dobbs, took it upon himself to make his grandchildren’s dreams come true by building a giant Disneyland themed…
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A Melodic Cockatiel Uses His Beak for Percussion While Whistling ‘The Addams Family’ Theme
While whistling the instantly recognizable theme from the classic television show The Addams Family, a melodic cockatiel with a good sense of rhythm, banged his…
How the Ghostbusters Costumes Have Evolved Since the Original 1984 Film
HalloweenCostumes.com has created an infographic that takes a look at how the Ghostbusters costumes have evolved since their introduction in the original 1984 film. Here…
A Creatively Cryptic Teaser by IKEA Announcing Their Collaborative Collection With HAY Design
In advance of their new line for 2017, IKEA is running a series of surreal teasers announcing their new collaborative “YPPERLIG” Collection with Danish furniture…
Honest Game Trailer For Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Screen Junkies and Smosh have created an honest game trailer for Naughty Dog‘s third-person shooter video game, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. We previously wrote…
A Brilliantly Conductive Bookmark That Lights Up With the Addition of a Coin-Sized Battery
Japanese studio Kyouei Design has created an absolutely brilliant bookmark made with a special conductive nano-particle ink that lights up embedded LEDs when the ends…
Numberphile Plays Back a Rubik’s Cube Speed Solve in Slow Motion to Explain the Math at Play
Numberphile recorded Ryan Jones doing an 11.775 second Rubik’s Cube speed solve, and then played it back in slow motion while different mathematicians explained the…
Three Tiny Baby Goats in Sweaters Explore Their Surroundings Under the Keen Eye of Their Mom
A trio of tiny 2-week old Nigerian Dwarf goats named Ramona, Juno and Mabel, explored the amazing sights around their home at the wonderful Sunflower…
7,548 Musicians Gather in Frankfurt, Germany Breaking the World Record for Largest Orchestra
Conductor Wolf Kerschek and 7,548 musicians gathered at tin Frankfurt to set a new world record for the world's largest orchestra.