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A Clever Cartoon That Accurately Captures the Drastic Differences Between the Generations
In his incredibly clever cartoon “Anatomy of Generations”, illustrator John Atkinson of Wrong Hands accurately captured the drastic differences between Baby Boomers, Gen X-ers and…
NASA Shares Beautiful 4K Footage of Colorful Liquid Floating on the International Space Station
In a recent NASA video, Commander Scott Kelly who is spending a year on the International Space Station adds food coloring and pieces of an…
Laser-Engraved Embossed Rolling Pins That Can Create Adorable Skull Cookies for Halloween
Latvian rolling pin purveyor Ruta Rita of DoughRoller is currently offering an adorable laser-engraved rolling pin to imprint skull designs into dough for Halloween-themed cookies,…
Some of the Best Cosplay at New York Comic Con
io9 made a video featuring some of the best cosplay they saw during last weekend’s New York Comic Con.
How to Make a Low-Budget Flux Capacitor From ‘Back to the Future’
On the latest episode of DIY Prop Shop on Break’s AWE me channel, host Dustin McLean demonstrates how to make a low-budget version of the…
Former Employee Uploads a Fantastic Collection of Kmart In-Store Music From 1989-1991 to the Internet Archive
photo by Nicholas Eckhart Former Kmart employee Mark Davis, who worked in customer service at the Naperville, Illinois store, uploaded “Attention Kmart Shoppers“, his fairly…
A Bowler Picks Up a Spare With an Impressive Spinning Bowling Ball Trick Shot
Bowler Michael Long picks up a spare with a striking trick shot where he releases one rapidly spinning ball that creeps down the lane around…
Drowsy Meerkat Struggles to Stay Awake Amongst a Basket Full of Plushy Versions of Herself
A very drowsy meerkat does her very best to remain awake while sitting in a basket surrounded by comfy, plushy versions of herself, adorably without…
‘Ground Control’, A Short Video That Brings to Life the Collection of Photographs Taken by Apollo Astronauts
“Ground Control” is a short video by director of photography Tom Kucy that brings to life some of the photographs taken by Apollo astronauts during their missions…
‘Pneumatic Anatomy’, Intricately Tied Balloons Made In the Shape of the Human Respiratory and Digestive Systems
British artist Kerry Hughes has created “Pneumatic Anatomy“, a replica of the human respiratory and digestive systems playfully created from intricately tied and twisted balloons…