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How Star Wars Revenge Of The Sith Should Have Ended
How It Should Have Ended gives their animated interpretation of how Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith should have ended. The dark side of youtube…
An Amusingly Somber Parody Tribute That Posits the Mortal Status of the Beloved Jon Snow
In an amusingly somber tribute to the mysterious mortal status of the beloved Game of Thrones character Jon Snow, video editor and parody creator Bonecage…
Why the Word ‘Merry’ Is Used For Christmas in the U.S. When Other Holidays Use the Descriptor ‘Happy’
Linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually explain why the word “merry” is used in conjunction with Christmas, when the word “happy”…
Star Wars Fan Builds a Handheld Flamethrower That Is Built To Look and Act Like a Real-Life Lightsaber
Star Wars fan and YouTuber Allen Pan of Sufficiently Advanced has created a “Real Burning Lightsaber” which is a handheld flamethrower built to look and act…
Hype Machine Zeitgeist 2015, A Curated List of the Year’s Music Tailored to Different Moments of the Day
Keep Being You – Isyana Sarasvati (“Start the Day”) Brooklyn-based music blog Hype Machine has again put together Zeitgeist 2015, their wonderful end of the…
PBS Space Time Explains The Higgs Mechanism and What Exactly Gives Particles Mass
In the PBS Space Time episode “The Higgs Mechanism Explained,” host Matt O’Dowd explains what the Higgs boson and Higgs field are and breaks down exactly…
Stephen Colbert and Henry Rollins Perform a Very Lively Version of ‘Carol Of The Bells’ Together
On last night’s episode of The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert took to the stage to perform a rather vigorous version of the classic Christmas…
Facebook Messenger Adds Uber Integration Allowing Users to Request a Ride From Within a Conversation
In the latest update to their Messenger app, Facebook has added Uber integration, allowing users to request a ride from within a conversation when an…
A Musical Recap of the Original Star Wars Trilogy in Less Than Five Minutes
Los Angeles-based Ryan Tellez of the geeky comedy group The Warp Zone recently wrote and performed a brilliant musical recap of the original Star Wars…
Tenacious Cat Reduces a Cardboard Box Completely Down to Nothing in Just Three Month’s Time
Like many other of his feline brethren, a tenacious tuxedo cat named Elliot loves cardboard boxes. He loves them so much, in fact, that he…