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Planetary Hard Candy Lollipop Set
ThinkGeek is featuring a 10-piece handmade Planetary Lollipop set that includes delicious images of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and…
Assassin’s Creed, A Live Action Film Based on Ubisoft’s Popular Video Game Franchise
Jimmy Kimmel Live! shared the action-packed world premiere trailer for Assassin’s Creed, an upcoming live action film directed by Justin Kurzel (Snowtown, Macbeth) based on…
A Remarkable Automatic Guitar Strumming Robot Made Using LEGO Mindstorms
Engineer fastythefastcat has built a really remarkable, if not a bit noisy, automatic guitar strumming robot that he built using LEGO Mindstorms. …thought I’d share…
An Orphaned Newborn Puppy Finds the Care He Needs With a Nursing Cat and Her Litter of Kittens
When a tiny chihuahua puppy who lost his mother to a car accident was brought to the Michigan Humane Society, they knew that he would…
A Three String Electric Guitar Kit That Teaches Kids the Value of Building Their Own Instrument
Loog Guitars and Third Man Records have partnered together to create the Little Third Man Guitar, a real three string electric guitar that arrives as…
Amazing Slow Motion Footage of Big Cats Enjoying a Yummy Treat
The wonderful folks at Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida shared an amazing slow-motion video of their resident rescued big cats each enjoying a yummy…
An Opera Singer’s Impromptu Aria Sends a Waddle of Nervous Penguins Fleeing For the Hills
While on a trip to Antartica, opera singer Nick Allen belted out an impromptu aria that scattered the resident penguins on high alert.
Boy Grows Into Man Taking Selfie Every Day For 8.5 Years and Compiling Them Into a Time-Lapse Video
20-year-old Hugo Cornellier, who we have written about in the past, is back with a stabilized version of his time-lapse video made up of over…
How a Group of Men Who Volunteered to Eat Poisoned Meals Led to Food Safety Regulations
Great Big Story tells the remarkable tale of Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley, a chemist who was concerned about what was being added to food to…
A Look Back at a Time When Doctors Literally Blew Smoke Up the Asses of Patients
Today I Found Out looks back at a time when doctors literally blew smoke up the asses of patients to revive them or treat a…