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ClickHole Reveals an Early Cut of the Opening Credits of the Classic HBO Series The Sopranos
ClickHole revealed an early cut of the opening credits of the classic HBO series The Sopranos. The early version also uses “Woke Up This Morning”…
A Comprehensive Primer on the Properties of Different Types of Camera Lenses and How They Work
John P. Hess of Filmmaker IQ gives a comprehensive primer on the properties of different types of camera lenses and how they work. The video…
The World Backwards Running Champion Demonstrates His Unusual Talent With a Jog Through Town
World Backwards Running Champion Garret Doherty demonstrated his unusual talent with a jog around town. Doherty picked up the sport of retro running on a…
Spanish Words That Don’t Translate to English and English Words That Don’t Translate to Spanish
In the latest episode of the Flama series “Joanna Rants“, host Joanna Hausmannn ponders the various words that exist in the Spanish language, but not…
Chelsea Handler Does Battle With Frustrating Technology to Better Understand Silicon Valley & Algorithms
Chelsea Handler does battle with frustrating pieces of technology to better understand Silicon Valley and algorithms in the preview of an episode her upcoming Netflix documentary…
Jimmy McGill Wonders What He Needs to Do to Get Ahead in the Trailer for Season 2 of ‘Better Call Saul’
In the new trailer for the remainder of the second season of the sublime AMC show Better Call Saul, nice guy Jimmy McGill wonders aloud…
A Tremendous Collection of Facts About Dinosaurs
Mike Rugnetta sits in as host of the Mental Floss seriesThe List Show to provide a tremendous collection of 29 facts about dinosaurs, including a few that clear…
Why the Words for the Sounds Animals Make Vary From Language to Language
Linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually explain why the words given to the sounds animals make (i.e. meow, woof) differ from…
A Young Padawan Unleashes His Lightsaber Skills on Darth Vader, Stormtroopers, and His Jedi Mentor at Disneyland
LMG Vids has captured funny footage of a young, determined padawan unleashing his lightsaber skills on Darth Vader, two Stormtroopers, and his friendly mentor at…
Drone 100, A Dazzling Light Show Created Using 100 LED Equipped Drones
Intel recently used 100 LED equipped drones to create Drone 100, a dazzling light show set to music. Intel partnered with Ars Electronica Futurelab in Hamburg, Germany to…