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Rearranging the Shapes of the States to Create a New Map of the United States of America
xkcd creator Randall Munroe rearranged the shapes of the 48 contiguous states to create a new map of the United States of America. image via…
Drone Footage and Household Objects Used to Show the Scale of the Solar System and Distant Location of Planet 9
Mark Rober created a scale model of the solar system using a soccer ball on a football field as the Sun to show the scale…
The Potential of Emotional Reading Technology Becoming Available Through Artificial Intelligence
The latest animated video from The School of Life gently postulates that the technology of the future will be able to read moods, detect emotional…
Sacha Baron Cohen Tells Howard Stern How He Snuck His Ali G Character Into the 2016 Oscars
Sacha Baron Cohen appeared on The Howard Stern Show to promote his new movie The Brothers Grimsby. During the full interview Cohen told host Howard Stern how…
A Brilliant Old-Timey Cover of New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ Only Using Instruments Available in 1933
Orkestra Obsolete played an old-timey version of the New Order song "Blue Monday" using only instruments available in 1933.
Movie Posters Featuring Stunning Flat Lay Photos of Recreated Objects From the Films
The Royal Tenenbaums Manchester, England artist Jordan Bolton has created a wonderful series of movie posters that feature stunning flat lay photos of original objects…
The Pokémon Cartoon Series Intro Recreated in Grand Theft Auto V
St. Cloud, Minnesota-based gamer Comrade, also known as Merfish, has created a new video where the intro for the Pokémon cartoon series is recreated in…
An Animated Look at What It’s Like for Fans and Non-Fans to See Marvel Movies
In a new animated short by Dorkly, based on a funny comic created by Julia Lepetit and Andrew Bridgman in 2013, that imagines what it’s…
Dos Equis Retires ‘The Most Interesting Man in the World’ by Sending Him to Mars
Dos Equis is retiring The Most Interesting Man in the World, an advertising campaign for the famed beer brand, by sending the bearded gentleman to…
Bill Gates Recreated His 1973 High School Yearbook Photo For His Reddit AMA Identity Verification
Bill Gates recently gave a reddit AMA, and for his identity verification he recreated a photo of himself from his 1973 high school year book.…