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Mathematician Vi Hart Argues That 3/14/16 Is a More Significant and Accurate Pi Day Than 3/14/15
In “This Pi Day Is Round” mathematician Vi Hart argues that 3/14/16 is a more significant and accurate Pi Day than 3/14/15 even though the…
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Reacts to the New Ghostbusters Trailer With Some Old Friends
Melbourne, Australia freelance artist Darren Wallace has created a fantastic new video that features Stay Puft Marshmallow Man sitting down and reacting to the new…
How the Dire Straits Song ‘Walk of Life’ Provides a Perfect Ending Soundtrack to Any Film of Any Genre
Writer and filmmaker Peter Salomone has cleverly created the Walk of Life Project, a cinematic endeavor in which he seeks to prove that the 1985…
A Darth Vader Toothpick Dispenser That Keeps Your Teeth From Turning to the Dark Side
Bandai has created an awesome Darth Vader Toothpick Dispenser that will help keep your teeth from turning to the dark side. When a lever on…
How to Make Mini Raspberry Pi Pies in Celebration of Pi Day
On the latest episode of her cooking show Nerdy Nummies, Los Angeles-based baker and author Rosanna Pansino demonstrated how to make how to make mini…
The De-Evolution of Book Adaptations
John Atkinson takes a look at how book adaptations devolve when going to a movie, then to a television show and finally to a video…
A Tenacious Dog Figures Out How to Escape From His Crate Using Logic and Persistence
Upon noticing that their boxer was escaping from his crate on a regular basis, the dog’s humans set up a hidden camera to see how…
Why Certain Sounds Are Considered to Be Universally Cringe Inducing
Hank Green of SciShow offers a reasonable explanation as to why certain sounds are considered to be so universally unpleasant and cringe inducing. It turns…
A Sweet Human Baby and an Adorable Jaguar Cub Each Enjoy a Bottle of Milk Side by Side
In 2012, two adorable little babies, one human (Bella) and the other a Brazilian jaguar (Juma), enjoy their bottles side by side as if they…
The History and Use of the Wingdings Font
Vox contributor Phil Edwards researched the history of Wingdings fonts and how it is used in the video, “Why the Wingdings font exists.” The fonts derived…