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Sad Topographies, An Instagram Account Chronicling the Most Depressingly Named Places on Earth
Sad Topographies is an Instagram account that chronicles the most depressingly-named places on Earth. The account posts screen grabs from maps of places like Shades…
Pepsi Releasing Limited Edition Bottles of Pepsi Perfect From ‘Back to the Future Part II’
Pepsi will be releasing a limited edition of Pepsi Perfect, the iconic drink that Marty McFly purchased at the Cafe 80’s in Back to the…
Netflix Settle: A New Feature to Help Couples Pick Something Mutually Disappointing to Watch
You want to watch Orange Is the New Black. Your roommate wants to watch Chef. You’ll probably end up watching Serpico for some reason. “Netflix…
What If ‘Game of Thrones’ Took Place in Silicon Valley With Tech Companies Battling Each Other
Vanity Fair imagines what it would be like if Game of Thrones took place in Silicon Valley with tech companies battling each other for superiority.
First and Final Frames Part II, The Opening and Closing Shots of 70 Films Played Side by Side
Baltimore-based filmmaker Jacob T. Swinney has created “First and Final Frames Part II,” a new supercut that plays the opening and closing shots of 70…
A Look at Some of the Worst Video Game Glitches
Screen Rant highlights their top ten worst video game glitches. Who says a video game has to actually work to be unforgettable? No matter how…
A Painfully Accurate Drug Commercial That Addresses the Problem of Chronic Adulthood
CollegeHumor created a painfully accurate drug commercial parody focused on the problem of chronic adulthood.
Scientists Discover a Microsnail So Small That It Fits Inside the Eye of a Sewing Needle
Scientists Barna Páll-Gergely and Takahiro Asami from Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan, András Hunyadi from Budapest, Hungary, Adrienne Jochum from the University of Bern in Bern,…
Adam Conover Explains How the TSA Fails to Stop Terrorist Attacks Through Their Performance of ‘Security Theater’
Host Adam Conover explains how the TSA fails to stop terrorist attacks in a clip from his new truTV show Adam Ruins Everything. Conover explains that…
POP Melting, An Incredible Chocolate Cake Zoetrope Animation by Alexandre Dubosc
Artist Alexandre Dubosc has once again created an incredible zoetrope for his stop motion animation “POP Melting.” The zoetrope, which features Pac Man characters appearing…