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The New Yorker’s Comma Queen Searches For the True Meaning of the Word ‘Massive’
In the latest episode of her wonderful grammar series, the very amusing Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” of The New Yorker consulted a very…
A Thermal Imaging Camera Captures Coffee, Toast, and an Omelet Being Prepared for Breakfast
Footage taken with a thermal imaging camera by Scott Sorensen captured his process of preparing coffee, toast, and an omelet for breakfast. He also filmed…
Legendary Activist Temple Grandin Compares Her Mind to a Search Engine in a 2008 Interview
In the latest episode of the wonderfully animated lost interview series “Blank on Blank“, the legendary activist, author, inventor and professor Temple Grandin opened up…
The Food Surgeon Implants a Kit Kat Spine Into the Back of an Innocent Three Musketeers Bar
The Food Surgeon, who performs all sorts of brilliant food procedures, went back to the operating room perform a “Spinal Kit Kat Implantation” into an…
An Interactive Google Map That Chronologically Plots the Locations of ‘Making a Murderer’
Hugo GarcÃa and Paola Falero, two creatives working at Ogilvy and Mather Bogotá who love side projects, have created Remaking a Murderer, a wonderfully interactive…
Rahat Hussein and Dennis Roady Freak Out Fast Food Drive-Thru Employees With a Fake Alligator
Pranksters Rahat Hussein and Dennis Roady of howtoPRANKitup recently teamed up to freak out fast food drive-thru employees with a fake alligator. Each time that…
Vandelay Industries, A Bot That Adds GIFs From All Nine Seasons of Seinfeld to Slack Conversations
image via Vandelay Industries Vandelay Industries is a bot developed by Bertrand Fan for quickly adding GIFs from all nine seasons of Seinfeld to Slack…
Brock Baker Does More Hilarious Celebrity Impressions Using a Face Swapping App
Los Angeles-based writer, comedian, and “man of a kajillion voices” Brock Baker has released volume two of his ongoing series where he does amazing celebrity…
Everything Wrong With the 2005 DreamWorks Animated Film Madagascar
CinemaSins presents everything wrong with the 2005 DreamWorks animated film Madagascar Here is a movie with truly terrible zoo-safety protocols. Also has some sins. In…
Maps of Major City Subway Systems Designed in the Style of Super Mario Bros. Video Games
Washington Canadian artist Dave Delisle of Dave’s Geeky Ideas has designed wonderful maps of major city subway systems from around the world in the style…